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Data collected by tech companies could be used to prosecute abortion seekers, they warn.
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The bill tasks the Department of Commerce with creating new export rules.
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Democrats introduced legislation in the House and Senate Tuesday requiring ransomware victims who pay hackers to notify the Department of Homeland Security within 48 hours of payment. The bill would also require DHS to release a report publicly disclosing information about payments from the prior year. The report would not include identifying information about victims. The legislation, which was introduced in the Senate by Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, also directs DHS to study the role cryptocurrency plays in ransomware attacks and produce recommendations for improving cybersecurity. “The U.S. cannot continue to fight ransomware attacks with one hand tied behind our back,” said Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., who introduced the legislation in the House. “The data that this legislation provides will ensure both the federal government and private sector are equipped to combat the threats that cybercriminals pose to our nation.” The bill is the most recent in a collection of cybersecurity […]
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Just hours after the Senate confirmed Columbia law professor Lina Khan as the new Democratic commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, the Biden administration reportedly picked her to run the agency. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., first noted Khan’s selection as FTC chair in a Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. A White House spokesperson confirmed the pick. The 32-year old Khan has been a staunch critic of Amazon, Facebook and Google, contending that they abuse their market power. She’s also warned of tech firms that could mine consumer data in a way that endangers privacy. The selection is a huge warning shot to big tech companies that the Biden administration will put close scrutiny on how they wield market might to acquire and crush the competition. Khan’s power could also be buoyed by efforts in the House from both parties to limit anti-competitive behavior in Silicon Valley. The FTC […]
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A group of 10 U.S. lawmakers on Friday asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate companies that sell Americans’ personal data by exploiting online advertising, calling for any lawbreaking firms to be shut down. The lawmakers, including Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., decried the data-selling practices as an “outrageous privacy violation,” citing reports that Mobilewalla, a data broker, compiled data from Black Lives Matter protestors for marketing purposes. The broader market for consumers’ personal data is lucrative, and includes a bidding process for online ads that include code for gobbling up information on users’ locations and personal devices. The lawmakers want the FTC to use its investigative power to determine if data brokers have broken a federal law that prohibits “unfair and deceptive” business practices. An FTC spokesperson declined to comment. “[T]here is no effective way to control these tools absent intervention by regulators and Congress,” the lawmakers wrote to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons. “Technological […]
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At the start of the last Democratic primary debate, the candidates were asked what makes them best prepared to be commander-in-chief. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg highlighted tackling cyber threats. And that is where the extent of the subject ended. As of the last debate, all eight events have been held without any substantive discussion about a national security threat that arguably impacts more Americans than any other. If candidates want to connect with more voters about the issues that are actually affecting their daily lives, they should talk about their plans for grappling with cyber threats—particularly cybercrime. Cybercrime is hitting millions of Americans—no matter their location or political affiliation. A shocking one-in-four Americans now say that they or someone in their household has been a victim of cybercrime. The U.S. Conference of Mayors estimates 170 local and state governments have been hit […]
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden are asking federal regulators to investigate whether Amazon’s cloud computing unit made any mistakes that could have led to a breach at Capital One involving the data of more than 100 million people. Warren, D-Mass., and Wyden, D-Ore., want the Federal Trade Commission to probe whether Amazon Web Services failed to account for a hacking technique known as a “server side request forgery.” Capital One is one of the few major financial companies — if not the only one — to rely on AWS and its public cloud to protect its information, portraying the decision as a move to modernize its business. “Amazon knew, or should have known, that AWS was vulnerable to SSRF attacks,” the senators wrote in the letter, sent Thursday. “Although Amazon’s competitors addressed the threat of SSRF attacks several years ago, Amazon continues to sell defective cloud computing services to business, government agencies and to the general […]
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Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed breaking up tech giants Facebook, Google, and Amazon on Friday—but big telecom is in dire need of the same treatment. Continue reading If We’re Going to Break Up Big Tech, We Shouldn’t Forget Big Telecom
Bloomberg published a story this week citing three unnamed sources who told the publication that Equifax experienced a breach earlier this year which predated the intrusion that the big-three credit bureau announced on Sept. 7. To be clear, this earlier breach at Equifax is not a new finding and has been a matter of public record for months. Furthermore, it was first reported on this Web site in May 2017. Continue reading Equifax Breach: Setting the Record Straight