Federal Data Breach Sparks Call for Trade Sanctions

This week, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)  introduced the “Protect US Act,” which would:

• Give the president and Congress the power to add foreign powers accused of harboring or conducting hacking to a “State Sponsors of Cyberattacks” list.
• The president would be granted power to impose a wide range of trade sanctions on those countries.

China/Chinese hackers were allegedly behind the massive federal government data breach.

The Hill