US Senators target ransomware by targeting countries allowing it : Report.

On Thursday, Two senior US senators planned legislation that would fight ransomware attacks on US infrastructure by sanctioning countries that harbor cyber criminals , as well as by strengthening protections against attacks.
Senators Marco Rubio, the Republican vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Democrat Dianne Feinstein, a senior member of the intelligence and judiciary committees, planned to introduce the “Sanction and stop Ransomware Act” on Thursday. 

According to a copy of the bill seen by Reuters, it would require development of cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure , tighten regulation of cryptocurrency- which is often demanded as ransom- and direct the state designate as a “state sponsor of ransomware” any country deemed to provide support for ransomware demand schemes.