Thursday, April 18, 2013

CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Passes the House

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The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, passed the House of Representatives Thursday on a bipartisan vote of 287-127 with 18 representatives not voting. CISPA now faces the tough odds of being adopted and passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate, which favors other approaches to cybersecurity legislation.

CISPA's passage in the House comes despite a veto threat from the White House, which argued the information-sharing bill risks compromising Americans' online privacy and affords companies legal shelter should they put customers' privacy at risk...

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