In the wake of last week’s distributed denial-of-service attack that crippled high-profile websites by attacking underlying infrastructure, several lawmakers have called on the government to improve cybersecurity protections and consider new rules for potentially risky web traffic.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), co-founder of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, is seeking answers from the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Homeland Security on the resources available and needed to keep cyber malefactors from breaching consumer products.
