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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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U.S. Justice Department officials came out in strong support of legislation requiring companies to report ransomware attacks and other severe data breaches to federal authorities. “Without prompt reporting, investigative opportunities are lost, our ability to assist other victims facing the same attacks is degraded and the government and Congress does not have a full picture of the threat facing American companies,” said Richard Downing, deputy assistant attorney general for the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice, at a Senate Judiciary hearing on ransomware Tuesday. The sentiment was shared by Bryan Vorndran, assistant director of the cyber division at the FBI. “We need a federal cyber incident reporting standard for breaches that pose significant risks because inconsistent volunteer reporting is simply not enough,” said Vorndran. Current versions of reporting legislation circulating on Capitol Hill put the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency at the center of reporting. Eric Goldstein, […]
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Apple is planning to create an online portal that will allow law enforcement officials around the world to request information about its users more easily. Continue reading Apple’s new tool will make it easier for law enforcement to request data
For years, the United States has wrestled with this question: Should a private company be able to retaliate when its targeted by a cyberattack? Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., raised the specter of “hacking back” once more on Tuesday when he argued for a more transparent process in which a private company could approach the government for permission and guidelines on retaliation. “If [a major CEO] wanted permission to figure out how to hack back, I don’t think he’d know what agency’s door to knock on to actually give him an answer,” Whitehouse said at a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. The Senator asked for written responses from the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence about where a private sector actor could go to get an answer on the prospect of hacking back. “We ought to think hard about how and when to license hack-back […]
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