A series of data breaches centering around third-party data security provider Accellion has continued to spread and grow in cost. So reports Wired.

What started as a stealth Chinese spying operation aimed at “very specific” people through previously undiscovered flaws in Microsoft’s Exchange email software has transformed into a global hacking crisis affecting tens of thousands of organizations. That’s according to various reports.

Both parties’ ranking members on the Senate Intelligence committee have said Congress may want to pass a law requiring cyberattack victims to notify authorities of the incidents. So reports Law360.

As local authorities nationwide looked to shore up their cybersecurity in light of the hacking of a small-town Florida water treatment facility, officials on Capitol Hill heard suggestions that the attack may have originated overseas.