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US lawmaker asks Sony for details on data breach

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A senior U.S. lawmaker wants Sony Pictures Entertainment to provide details about its recent data breach and its cybersecurity practices, saying the information will help Congress decide whether new laws are needed.

Sony’s “knowledge, information and experience will be helpful” as Congress decides whether to pass new cybersecurity laws and take steps to protect consumer and government financial information, Representative Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wrote in a letter Tuesday to Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton.

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UPDATE 1-Tainted electronics pose security threat-US lawmaker – Reuters India

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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 11 (Reuters) – The United States needs to be more wary of computers and other electronics imports that could be laden with malicious software, according to a leading congressional expert on cyber security. Hackers are …
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California Lawmaker Touts Do-not-track Bill (Grant Gross/PC World)

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Grant Gross / PC World:
California Lawmaker Touts Do-not-track Bill  —  A state senator in California has introduced a bill that would allow Web surfers to opt out of online tracking efforts by websites and advertising networks.  —  State Senator Alan Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat, and Consumer Watchdog …

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