Senate Homeland Security leaders want answers on SolarWinds response, next steps from CISA and OMB

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) and ranking member Rob Portman (R-OH) are probing whether federal officials failed to disclose the extent of the SolarWinds hack and demanding more information on the response to the incident from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Office of Management and Budget.

The Senate Homeland leaders today sent letters with a series of questions to CISA Acting Director Brandon Wales and to Federal CISO Christopher DeRusha that detail the lawmakers’...