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Defense contractors must now report successful cyberattacks
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- January 12 2013
Defense contractors with security clearances will soon be required to inform the government when hackers successfully penetrate their networks
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but carrots can never hurt me
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- July 21 2012
Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) last Thursday introduced in the Senate a revised version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which, in Lieberman’s words, now relies on “incentives rather than mandatory regulations to strengthen America’s cybersecurity.”
Government requests for cell phone data on the rise
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- July 21 2012
Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in the United States made over 1.3 million requests for consumer cell phone records in 2011 alone, according to reports from the country’s major wireless carriers
House sings “Kumbaya” on cyber info-sharing, but not everyone knows the words
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- April 28 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) on April 26, despite a veto threat from President Obama and opposition from civil liberties groups
New sanctions target companies providing information technologies to Syria and Iran for perpetration of human rights abuses
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- Iran, Syria, USA
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- April 26 2012
On April 22, 2012, President Obama issued an Executive Order authorizing new sanctions on individuals and entities that operate or provide information technology that facilitates the perpetration of human rights abuses by the Syrian and Iranian Governments
Ninth Circuit allows surveillance case to proceed against government, but not telecoms
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- January 7 2012
A law granting immunity to telecommunications companies that allegedly assisted the U.S. government in conducting warrantless surveillance on American citizens is constitutional, according to the Ninth Circuit
U.S. cyberstrategy looks to offensive action
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- December 10 2011
The United States is prepared to take military action in retaliation for foreign cyberattacks, according to a recent Department of Defense Policy Report
Court holds cell phones may not serve as big-brother-in-a-pocket
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- August 27 2011
Invoking concerns about an Orwellian state of constant government surveillance, a federal judge in New York ruled last month that authorities must establish probable cause and secure a warrant in order to obtain historical location data covering an extended period of time from cell-phone providers about a criminal suspect
DoJ seeks order to require decryption
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- August 6 2011
Is entering a password to provide the government access to an encrypted computer a form of self-incrimination?
Congress votes to extend PATRIOT Act provisions after a burp in the House
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- February 12 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives this morning voted, 279 to 143, to concur in a Senate amendment extending for 90 days two parts of the USA PATRIOT Act and one provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 that are due to sunset at the end of this month
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