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Delegation presses for tougher penalties for attacks on 9-1-1 centers and other critical infrastructure
Summary
Delegate Terry Hill urged the Judiciary Committee to adopt House Bills 445 and 444 to expand and stiffen penalties for deliberate interference with public safety answering points and other critical infrastructure; public-safety organizations supported the change, saying newer cyber threats require stronger criminal deterrents.
House Bills 445 and 444, both presented by Delegate Terry Hill, would expand Maryland's criminal penalties for interfering with 9-1-1 public-safety answering points and for interference with broader categories of critical infrastructure, including cyber attacks such as ransomware and denial-of-service assaults.
"These are the systems that we use to keep our residents safe and we need to be able to rely on those," Sarah Sample…
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