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Opinion: U.S. Inadequately Prepared to Address Cyberthreat
The Day Editorial Board says the U.S. is failing to adequately address the recent cyberattacks from Russian intelligence agencies.
by The Day
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December 22, 2020
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(TNS) In 2012, The Day Editorial Board sat down with Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut Democrat and former vice-presidential candidate, who had made the decision not to seek re-election that year.
He told us he had one last major goal.
As the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, he was pushing for passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. The comprehensive legislation was aimed at setting cybersecurity performance requirements to better protect governmental agencies, including defense, from hackers bent on doing the nation harm. It also would have required industries and government agencies to share informati ....

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