Congress Passes Budget Bill With Controversial Cybersecurity Provision
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The Senate earlier this year passed CISA, which many conservative and liberal politicians, high-tech firms, and privacy and civil liberty advocates oppose. The legislation "should have followed the normal process -- a formal conference committee bill thats sent back to the House and Senate separately for an up-or-down vote," he told the E-Commerce Times. This version of CISA essentially lets private firms monitor their systems and access information flowing through them so long as they declare that it is being done for cybersecurity purposes. "The latest attack [in San Bernardino, California] was conducted by people who acted like terrorists on social media, and [federal agencies] couldnt even pick that up," he noted. Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, on Wednesday reportedly offered an amendment to the government funding bill that would have removed an undisclosed cybersecurity measure, among other things.
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