Congress
Bipartisanship Key to CISA Renewal
As fractious as Congress has been for the better part of a decade, it did manage to pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act in 2015. And now that it’s up for renewal, ...
JFK and the Houthis: Haste Makes Waste of Security
Rather than simply exposing buried truths of the assassination, the final tranche of JFK files also exposed the personal information, including social security numbers, of a parade of people associated with the ...
‘Ban These Chinese Routers NOW,’ Cries House Committee
Sino stoppage scheme: TP-Link in crosshairs, along with other brands ...
In Defense of Oversight – The President and the PCLOB
In late January 2025, President Trump fired the Democratically (big D) appointed members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent watchdog entity designed to provide input and oversight ...
Chinese DeepSeek AI App: FULL of Security Holes Say Researchers
Xi knows if you’ve been bad or good: iPhone app sends unencrypted data to China—and Android app appears even worse ...
See No Evil – NY AG Letitia James Cracks Down on Banks Refusing to Foot the Bill for Consumer Phishing and Fraud
Congress decided who was required to compensate for fraudulent consumer transactions, and banks should never require their customers to waive their rights as a condition precedent for the bank doing its job ...
Congressional Staffers’ Data Leaked on Dark Web: Report
The personal information of almost 3,200 Capitol Hill staffers, including passwords and IP addresses, were leaked on the dark web by an unidentified bad actor after some victims used their work email ...
House Passes Privacy-Preserving Bill, but Biden Blasts it
Are you a FANFSA fan? The White House isn’t. It says the bill “threatens national security.” ...
CISA Urges Congress to Reauthorize Key Chemical Security Program
The nation’s top cybersecurity agency said it is having to rely on a voluntary program to protect more than 40,000 chemical facilities in the United States from physical and cyberattacks after Congress ...
House Panel OK’s Bill to Ban Law Enforcement from Buying Data from Brokers
Legislation that would ban law enforcement and federal agencies from buying consumer data from data brokers without a warrant is on its way to the full House ...
