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Ruppersberger Reintroduces Cyber Legislation With Liability Protections

Wednesday, January 14th, 2015

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A Maryland congressman on Jan. 8 re-introduced cyber security legislation that previously passed the House, but not the Senate, aimed at strengthening the sharing of cyber threat data between the federal government and private sector and that also provides incentives for companies to voluntarily share threat information with the government. “Most recently, Sony was hit by a sever cyber attack by North Korea, the first destructive attack we’ve seen yet, and it cost the company millions of dollars,” Rep. C.A. “Dutch”…

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