Hillicon Valley: Second SolarWinds hack hearing | TikTok to settle privacy lawsuit

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Hillicon Valley: Second SolarWinds hack hearing | TikTok to settle privacy lawsuit | Facebook apologizes for removing lawmaker post

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Two House committees held the second major hearing this week on the Russian cyber espionage attack that has become known as the SolarWinds hack, and lawmakers are pushing for breach notification legislation. TikTok agreed to pay millions in a settlement over allegations it collected users’ private data, and Facebook apologized to a lawmaker for accidentally labeling and removing a post as “hate speech.” Here’s a behind the scenes draft of early versions of Hillicon Valley.

INTO THE BREACH, PART TWO: House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle lined up behind potential legislation Friday to put in place national breach notification requirements in the wake of a massive foreign cyber espionage attack.

Debate over the legislation took place during the second Capitol Hill hearing this week on what has become known as the SolarWinds breach. The House Homeland Security and House Oversight and Reform panels will hold several hearings on the breach as part of their joint investigation into the incident.

Bipartisan leaders of both committees expressed strong interest in examining breach notification laws as part of an effort to ensure the federal government has visibility into successful cyberattacks on the private sector, and two key lawmakers already have legislation in the pipeline to tackle this.

Read more about the push for legislation here.

At the top of the hearing, lawmakers highlighted concerns over the cybersecurity stance of the federal government, blaming the SolarWinds incident on a “collective failure” to prioritize cybersecurity as a national security imperative.