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Congress

Bill Introduced To Help Thwart Cyber Espionage

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, June 7th, 2013

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Bipartisan legislation was introduced in Congress yesterday seeking to raise the stakes for foreign actors engaging in cyber espionage against the United States. The Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act (H.R. 2281) calls for the Justice Department to bring more economic espionage cases against offending foreign actors and would deny foreign agents from participating in cyber crimes from applying for visas to enter the United States. The bill was introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee,…

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Congress

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