Tag: democrats

October 22, 2020

Iran has obtained Americans’ voter registration data and is using it in an attempt to push misinformation before the Nov. 3 presidential election, U.S. officials warn. In a Wednesday press conference at FBI headquarters in Washington, Director of National Intelligence […]

May 15, 2018

Two Democratic senators in a letter on Monday urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Google has deceptively collected location data on Android users, even when such services are disabled. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) asked […]

February 21, 2018

A group of House Democrats is urging Equifax to extend protections for those affected by its massive data breach last year, arguing that the credit bureau’s offering is inadequate. Every Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee signed […]

August 16, 2016

The hack to the US Presidential election is becoming even more mysterious, while security experts are blaming the Russia for the cyber espionage, a strange figure claims the responsibility for the security breach. He is Guccifer 2.0, an alleged lone […]

July 4, 2016

The Democratic National Committee carves out a stance against data localization requirements in the party’s draft platform, released Friday. The draft calls for greater “access to global markets for American intellectual property and other digital trade by opposing quotas, discriminatory […]

April 8, 2016

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Thursday introduced a bill to create strict cyber-security standards for the aviation industry as it increasingly becomes a target for hackers and cyber spies. The legislation follows up on Markey’s investigation into the security practices […]

December 8, 2015

Rep. Jan Schakowsky is set to unveil on Tuesday a proposal to set nationwide data security standards, including mandating that companies notify law enforcement 10 days — and customers 30 days — after a breach. The Illinois Democrat’s legislation would […]

September 10, 2015

#democrats on the #house intelligence committee on Thursday urged #intelligence community leaders to help create international ####rules of engagement, similar to the Geneva Conventions, for cyber warfare. “We don’t know what constitutes an act of war, what the appropriate response […]