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A cybersec tightening is inevitable. The US is getting hit hard. The lockheed hack ( http://www.dailytech.com/Reports+Hackers+Use+Stolen+RSA+Information+to+Ha
by lallysingh 15y ago
A cybersec tightening is inevitable. The US is getting hit hard. The lockheed hack ( http://www.dailytech.com/Reports+Hackers+Use+Stolen+RSA+Information+to+Hack+Lockheed+Martin/article21757.htm http://www.dailytech.com/Reports+Hackers+Use+Stolen+RSA+Info... ) was a pretty loud wake-up call. The "not a nerds" in DC are slowly realizing that this issue can help them get election money.
The US's infrastructure is predominantly private so the tightening will inevitable be in (a) policy and (b) spending. Not speaking directly about this bill, but when the government does both for security, it's always a cluster-!@#$ shit-show.
- snowwrestler 15y agoThe RSA -> Lockheed attacks were what led directly to this bill. That is why, for instance, the bill includes language on "intellectual property". The attackers were trying to steal design and software files from Lockheed, which could both be considered intellectual property. Personally I think they could drop that language from the bill entirely, since unauthorized network access is already a crime in the U.S. The private ownership of U.S. infrastructure is why this bill is built primarily around limitation of liability. The idea is that U.S. private companies will do a better job communicating with one another on cybersecurity if they don't have to worry about getting sued for admitting that they got attacked.