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White House Wants Tougher Penalties for Computer Breaches – New York Times

Instead, the administration is hoping to offer incentives that will persuade private industry to improve computer security voluntarily and have those standards reviewed by the Department of Homeland Security. “The private sector has a huge incentive to …
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Fake White House holiday e-mail is cyber attack – YAHOO!

Don Jackson, director of threat intelligence for Atlanta-based SecureWorks, a computer security consulting company, said the attack was somewhat small and targeted to a limited number of groups with law enforcement, military and government affiliations.
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White House scrambles to show it’s on point at fixing security leaks – CNN

I still don’t sense an urgency to fix the problem,” said Hoekstra, R-Michigan. Hoekstra spoke after attending a high-level meeting to discuss the government computer security breach exposed by WikiLeaks. “I think that there are still other government …
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How your U.S. lawmaker voted this week – Seattle Times

House Homeland Security budget By a 307-114 vote, the House on Thursday approved the conference report on a $44.1 billion Department of Homeland… By a 307-114 vote, the House on Thursday approved the conference report on a $44.1 billion Department …

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