New Cyber Deterrence Bill Enables US Government To Impose More Sanctions - Senators

New Cyber Deterrence Bill Enables US Government to Impose More Sanctions - Senators

US Senators Cory Gardner and Chris Coons introduced the Cyber Deterrence and Response Act will enable the United States to prevent state-sponsored cyberattacks and impose sanctions on all parties responsible for such attacks, Gardner's press office said in a news release on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th August, 2018) US Senators Cory Gardner and Chris Coons introduced the Cyber Deterrence and Response Act will enable the United States to prevent state-sponsored cyberattacks and impose sanctions on all parties responsible for such attacks, Gardner's press office said in a news release on Monday.

"[The bill] requires the administration to impose sanctions against all entities and persons responsible or complicit in malicious cyber activities aimed against the United States," the release said.

The legislation also establishes a framework to deter and respond to state-sponsored malicious cyber activity against the United States, the release added.

Coons explained in the release that rivals of the United States, like Russia, China, and Iran, are "enhancing their cyber capabilities" and targeting the US "electoral process, financial system and critical infrastructure."

Coons pointed that the bill "will expose and impose costs on states that try to use cyberattacks to undermine American security and prosperity."

Gardner noted that new legislation will help US government to impose sanctions against malicious cyber actors around the world.

"This... is another step that Congress and the administration can take to deter foreign actors from carrying out cyberattacks against the United States," Gardner said.

The legislation mandates different sanctions against any "critical cyber threat actor," but allows the US president to waive sanctions on a case-by case basis, the release said.