US Needs ‘Real Time Reaction Team’ to Combat Rise in Ransomware Attacks: Sen. Warner

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) in Washington on Jan. 30, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

The United States needs to step up its preparation for future ransomware attacks, Senate Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Wednesday.

“We have no actual system in place, to make whether it’s Colonial Pipeline or SolarWinds or any other company, actually mandatorily report that information to the government in real time, so that we could have a full-fledged response,” Warner said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”