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The legislation from Sens. Rounds and Gillibrand would amend federal criminal code on computer fraud and stiffen punishments.
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Reps. Nancy Mace and Shontel Brown reintroduced VDP legislation after the 2024 bipartisan, bicameral bill didn’t get a full Senate vote.
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Documents reveal that USAID was victimized by a password spray attack that resulted in roughly $500,000 in Microsoft service charges.
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The bipartisan legislation would direct the Treasury secretary to deliver a report on public-private coordination to combat attacks on the financial sector.
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A pair of whistleblowers believe the office skirted the law by not conducting a privacy impact assessment for an alleged “on-prem” server used to send mass emails to federal employees and store information from responses.
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A separate piece of bipartisan Senate legislation would create a cyber insurance working group.
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The department alleges that a North Carolina-based laptop farm enabled access for two North Korean nationals over the course of the scheme.
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Courts and federal regulators too often treat consumers as bystanders, a Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law expert argues.
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Courts and federal regulators too often treat consumers as bystanders, a Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law expert argues.
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TSA’s new incident disclosure rules are a good fit for cyber risk quantification.
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