Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives
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Amid warning from privacy experts and a growing public outcry, the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives last night in a vote of 248-168.
CISPAs chief supporter and co-sponsor, Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, applauded the bills passage. We cant stand by and do nothing as U.S. companies are hemorrhaging from the cyber looting coming from nation states like China and Russia, Chairman Rogers said in a press release on his website. America will be a little safer and our economy better protected from foreign cyber predators with this legislation.
The bills co-sponsor, C.A. Dutch Rupperspberger (D-MD) called CISPAs passage not only a bipartisan House floor victory, but a victory for America. Our nation is one step closer to making a real difference protecting our country from a catastrophic cyber-attack, Ruppersberger said.
Opponents have called the bill overly broad, unnecessary and even dangerous. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) expressed their disappointment in the bills passage. The CDT worked together with the House Intelligence Committee in an attempt to limit CISPAs scope and amend more narrow definitions into it.
Hundreds of thousands of Internet users spoke out against the bill said the EFFs activism director, Rainy Reitman. We will not stand idly by as the basic freedoms to read and speak online without the shadow of government surveillance are endangered by such overbroad legislative proposals.
As Threatpost reported yesterday, the Administration expressed concern that CISPA granted private firms too free a hand in sharing information about their customer with the government and law enforcement.
The American Civil Liberties was displeased as well, saying that the bill goes too far for little reason and expressing concern that once the government gets expansive national security authorities, theres no going back.
With House passage, the stage is set for the U.S. Senate to battle it out over CISPA. Even with passage there, CISPA might face a veto should reach the Oval Office. The presidents senior advisers said they would recommend that he veto the bill, according to an Obama Administration statement released on Wednesday.
CISPAs chief supporter and co-sponsor, Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, applauded the bills passage. We cant stand by and do nothing as U.S. companies are hemorrhaging from the cyber looting coming from nation states like China and Russia, Chairman Rogers said in a press release on his website. America will be a little safer and our economy better protected from foreign cyber predators with this legislation.
The bills co-sponsor, C.A. Dutch Rupperspberger (D-MD) called CISPAs passage not only a bipartisan House floor victory, but a victory for America. Our nation is one step closer to making a real difference protecting our country from a catastrophic cyber-attack, Ruppersberger said.
Opponents have called the bill overly broad, unnecessary and even dangerous. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) expressed their disappointment in the bills passage. The CDT worked together with the House Intelligence Committee in an attempt to limit CISPAs scope and amend more narrow definitions into it.
Hundreds of thousands of Internet users spoke out against the bill said the EFFs activism director, Rainy Reitman. We will not stand idly by as the basic freedoms to read and speak online without the shadow of government surveillance are endangered by such overbroad legislative proposals.
As Threatpost reported yesterday, the Administration expressed concern that CISPA granted private firms too free a hand in sharing information about their customer with the government and law enforcement.
The American Civil Liberties was displeased as well, saying that the bill goes too far for little reason and expressing concern that once the government gets expansive national security authorities, theres no going back.
With House passage, the stage is set for the U.S. Senate to battle it out over CISPA. Even with passage there, CISPA might face a veto should reach the Oval Office. The presidents senior advisers said they would recommend that he veto the bill, according to an Obama Administration statement released on Wednesday.
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