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White House to double jail time for hackers?

23

Jun

2011

The Obama administration seems intent on pushing for stiffer sentences for hackers caught endangering national security to 20 years prison time, doubling the current sentence. A stiff penalty, to be sure, the latest in a series of volleys from D.C. to curb the flurry of recent high-profile attacks and restore confidence in the U.S. Government’s […]

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Did the US write Stuxnet? Deputy Defense Secretary won’t deny it

27

May

2011

Last night, US TV station CNBC broadcast a documentary entitled “CodeWars: America’s Cyber Threat”, looking at the threat of cyberwarfare, hacker attacks on critical infrastructure and the risk of technology made in China containing spyware. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn was amongst those interviewed, who confirmed that US government networks receive thousands of attempted hacker […]

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President Obama’s cybersecurity plan – Part 1 updates for law enforcement

18

May

2011

Last week President Obama announced his proposal for updates to US cybercrime law. While I am not a lawyer, I have spent a significant amount of time poring over the legal documents to extract their meaning and provide my comments. The proposed legislation is quite long and detailed, so I will begin with the changes […]

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