Ben Grubb reports: Hackers have stolen customer data from Australian ISP AAPT to highlight the dangers of a proposal to force telcos to store every Australian’s web history for up to two years. AAPT CEO David Yuile confirmed the security incident which occurred at 9.30pm last night in a statement to Fairfax Media this afternoon, saying he was “extremely concerned”….
Category: Laws
Franken Amendment Would Remove Worst Part of Cybersecurity Bill
Mark M. Jaycox and Rainey Reitman write: As we noted last week, a new cybersecurity bill (S 3414) (PDF) was introduced with privacy protective measures championed by Senators Franken, Durbin, Wyden, Coons, Sanders, Akaka, and Blumenthal. The bill is a step in the right direction of protecting online rights, but still has major flaws that allow…
Lieberman claims his Internet spying bill would prevent ‘a 9/11 Pearl Harbor’
Stephen C. Webster reports: During a press conference at the capitol on Tuesday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CN) urged fellow lawmakers to pass his Internet spying bill in order to prevent what he dubbed “a cyber 9/11 or a 9/11 Pearl Harbor.” “The danger of cyber attacks against the United States is clear, present and growing, with…
The Data Question: Should the Third-Party Records Doctrine Be Revisited?
Today’s recommended reading. George Washington University law professor Orin Kerr and Greg Nojeim, senior counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology, ponder how far the government can go in reading your email. Their essays can be found in Patriots Debate: Contemporary Issues in National Security Law, a book published by the ABA Standing Committee on…