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Massive SolarWinds Hack Prompts Calls for U.S. Law Requiring Cyber Breach Reporting

A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday recommended that the U.S. consider requiring companies to disclose when they have been hacked. At the first public hearing before Congress since a massive cyber-attack by suspected Russian hackers was disclosed in December, …

SEC May Use Yahoo Case to Set Data Breach Disclosure Rules

Yahoo’s disclosure that hackers stole user data from at least 500 million accounts in 2014 has highlighted shortcomings in U.S. rules on when cyber attacks must be revealed and their enforcement. Democratic Senator Mark Warner last week asked the U.S. …