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US bill flags espionage beneficiaries

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 9 May 2013 11:22 AM

Would create cyber spy 'watch list'.

Cyber-spying law gets tech giant support

In Networks - By Juha Saarinen, 15 April 2013 9:53 AM

After SOPA comes CISPA.

Chinese IT kit ban disruptive: White House

In Risk - By Danielle Walker, 9 April 2013 10:25 AM

Fed US agencies banned from buying Chinese tech gear.

Draft US cyber bill seeks 10 years jail for passwords 'traffickers'

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 27 March 2013 6:30 AM

Hopes to raise jail time for unauthorised access.

New US cyber bill introduced

In Risk - By Danielle Walker, 26 January 2013 1:53 PM

Follows similar failed bill.

Facebook cops requests for user data, logs

In Applications - 27 February 2012 11:42 AM

Government mostly backs down on failed requests.

Fair punishment for data breaches?

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 19 August 2011 4:35 PM

Stakeholders ponder penalties and mandatory notification laws.

Users try to snare NZ Govt with own three strikes law

In Networks - By Juha Saarinen, 11 August 2011 1:02 PM

Anti-filesharing law with fines of up to NZ$15,000 kicks in today.

Bill to cut red tape from mutual assistance laws

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 6 July 2011 3:36 PM

Government claims Bill will help police.

Audit doubts FBI's ability to combat cyberthreats

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 29 April 2011 12:17 PM

Auditors demand agencies get better at sharing information.

EU finds privacy flaws in data retention regime

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 19 April 2011 11:16 AM

Data used for more than serious crime.

FSA investigates ID theft prevention company

In Risk - By Stewart Mitchell, 31 March 2011 1:34 PM

CPP sales tactic scrutiny sees identity protection product pulled from phone sales

Microsoft on supply chain anti-piracy push

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 29 March 2011 7:49 AM

Claims that piracy creates "unfair competition" between rivals.

Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 21 March 2011 12:08 PM

A million bots at a loose end, still infected.

Uniloc case illustrates "troubled" US patent system

In Applications - By Liam Tung, 9 March 2011 9:29 AM

Leash on expert witnesses.

Senate approves new telecoms interception laws

In Hackers - By Liz Tay, 2 March 2011 7:14 PM

Law enforcement agencies get ASIO expertise.

Torrent-hunting firm ACS:Law shuts down

In Hackers - By Nicole Kobie, 7 February 2011 11:40 AM

Ahead of Tuesday court ruling.

Calls for compulsory data breach law v2.0

In Risk - By Nate Cochrane, 25 November 2010 2:50 PM

Telling your customers is just the start.

Senators accuse Google of "phishing for profit"

In Risk - 29 October 2010 1:59 PM

Senate Committee points to double standard.

Victoria to clamp down on improper surveillance

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 13 August 2010 9:33 AM

‘Happy slapping’, toilet and upskirt cams targeted.

Coalition aims to modernise key US law

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 1 April 2010 12:38 PM

Google, Microsoft and others join Digital Due Process group.

China reponds to hacking claims

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 15 January 2010 10:48 AM

Fails to mention Google allegations.

Schwarzenegger negs update to California breach law

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 19 October 2009 9:49 AM

In an apparent surprise move, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rebuffed a bill that would have updated the 2003 landmark California data breach notification law.

SC World Congress: US Feds call for more collaboration

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 October 2009 11:29 AM

Though "significant" progress has been made.

Australian to lead global consumer protection network

In Hackers - 28 August 2009 2:32 PM

Cross-border scams targeted.

Google Street View suffers Swiss setback

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 26 August 2009 11:06 AM

Swiss information commissioner calls for it to be taken down.

Privacy law update expected within weeks

In Risk - By Munir Kotadia, 3 August 2009 10:23 AM

Government "working night and day".

Only a "digital Pearl Harbour" can save us

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 9 July 2009 10:28 AM

A tidal shift is needed on co-operation.

FBI deploys cyber agents worldwide

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 27 April 2009 11:11 AM

The FBI has made cybercrime one of its top three priorities and currently has full time cyber officers deployed in 60 countries, Shawn Henry, assistant director for the ...

IFPI sites hacked by Pirate Bay supporters

In Hackers - By Rosalie Marshall, 20 February 2009 10:00 AM

Hackers have attacked web sites belonging to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) to show their support for The Pirate Bay, which is standing trial ...

Pirate Bay trial descends into farce

In Hackers - 18 February 2009 10:12 AM

BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay will no longer face a charge of copying copyrighted works.

Pirate Bay employees go on trial over copyright law charges

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 17 February 2009 11:19 AM

Four men have gone on trial in Sweden for breaking copyright law, in a case that could have wider implications for the industry.

New Zealand creative freedom website encourages blackout against Section 92A law

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 17 February 2009 10:32 AM

Thousands of bloggers and users of social networking sites have 'blacked out' their profiles in support of a New Zealand protest group.

World Congress: As part of incident response, seek out law enforcement

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 10 December 2008 10:08 AM

Building a relationship with law enforcement is key and so is gaining executive buy-in for cybersecurity initiatives, an SC World Congress panel said Tuesday.

New breach laws invoke mixed reactions

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 14 August 2008 3:58 PM

Information security experts have given their overall thumbs-up to the ALRC’s mandatory data breach disclosure recommendations, but admit the course of action needs fine-tuning.

Mandatory data breach disclosure recommended in privacy law reforms

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 11 August 2008 4:49 PM

The introduction of mandatory data breach disclosure laws in Australia has been set in motion.

National health-record privacy law in Congress

In Risk - By Chuck Miller, 27 June 2008 10:11 AM

A new law in Congress would require every U.S. citizen to have electronic health records by 2014.

Duke University Law School website infiltrated by hackers

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 6 December 2007 11:47 AM

Hackers, possibly trying to embed links to improve search engine result rankings, may have viewed the sensitive information of 1,400 prospective applicants to Duke University ...

US state credit report freeze law goes into effect

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 5 October 2007 9:58 AM

The US state of Oregon has become the latest to pass legislation to control identity theft.

Google calls for international online privacy law

In Hackers - By Fiona Raisbeck, 17 September 2007 9:52 AM

Search giant urges governments and business leaders to devise international privacy law to secure personal data online.

Expert: ID theft arrests validate California disclosure law

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 10 July 2007 9:39 AM

The Secret Service's recent arrest and indictment of four Cuban nationals in Florida for ID theft is evidence that a presidential task force's recommendations on ID theft are ...

Study: Security professionals back data breach law

In Hackers - By Fiona Raisbeck, 9 July 2007 11:56 AM

More than three-quarters of IT security professionals believe companies should be legally obliged to disclose data security breaches, latest figures show.

US Federal ID theft task force recommends national breach identification law, tougher standards

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 26 April 2007 10:16 AM

A White House-sanctioned commission on identity theft backed the creation of a national breach notification law this week.

Data of 45.7 million card holders accessed in US retailer breach

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 30 March 2007 10:22 AM

TJX Companies revealed late Wednesday in a regulatory filing that hackers stole data from at least 45.7 million credit card holders when they illegally accessed the discount ...

Lawyers, not law makers, scare IT managers most

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 2 February 2007 10:11 AM

Litigation protection rather than government regulation driving technologytake-up.

Bush signs US pre-texting law

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 19 January 2007 9:48 AM

Maximum 10 years in prison for fraudulently obtaining phone records.

IT leaders team up to lobby Congress for privacy law

By Dan Kaplan, 20 June 2006 9:36 PM

Twelve IT industry leaders, including Microsoft, Symantec and Oracle, have joined forces to form the Consumer Privacy Legislative (CPL) Forum, which will lobby for a detailed ...