Sen. Blumenthal wants FCC to get busy on telecom wiretap security rules
The subcommittee chair said the FCC has the ability to act now in response to Salt Typhoon targeting the 2024 presidential campaigns.
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FTC warns it will go after ed tech companies misusing children’s data
The crackdown comes as lawmakers look to update children's privacy protections.
Biden pushes to strengthen children’s privacy in State of the Union address
The plan would come with money for research into the impact of online platforms on children's mental health.
EARN IT Act gets no changes to encryption language in Senate committee
The bill would remove legal liability immunity from tech platforms found in violation of laws regarding child sexual abuse materials. But civil society groups see a dangerous…
Lawmakers want more transparency on SolarWinds breach from State, VA
Congress wants details.
Senators want Cyber Command and CISA to do more to deter coronavirus-focused hackers
The senators warn the resilience of the healthcare sector is a matter of life-or-death right now.
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Facebook intends to implement end-to-end encryption despite DOJ pressure
Two of the company's executives have written to the Department of Justice as Congress prepares to look closely at the issue.
Senators question Pentagon over workforce’s use of data-leaking fitness app Strava
A bipartisan group of Senators have called on the Defense Department to answer for how a popular fitness app apparently used by some U.S. soldiers, intelligence analysts…
Senators grill Uber CISO over 2016 breach, extortion incident
During the hearing, the lawmakers questioned Uber’s chief security officer while also receiving an education from experts on how bug bounty programs are supposed to operate.
National data breach notification law proposed by Senate Commerce Committee members
The new bill, called the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, comes in the wake of reports that Uber paid $100,000 to cover up a 2016 data…