After WannaCry, Senators float bill to stop US cyber weapon stockpiling

A group of Senators has introduced a bill called the Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking Act, which aims to prevent future data leaks of government-owned hacking tools like the ones used in the recent WannaCry ransomware attack. The bill would require the US government to turn over these tools to an independent review board, which would identify and secure vulnerabilities. It also aims to make more system vulnerabilities public to help organizations fix them. The hope is that this will reduce the stockpile of such exploits and prevent them from being leaked to hackers.