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The Forty-Year Cyber Policy Failure Congress Refuses to Address
The article discusses the federal government's failure to address cyber policy gaps, particularly the lack of legislation allowing victims to interrupt ongoing cyberattacks. It highlights a testimony suggesting ransomware operators be designated as terrorists and the reliance on post-harm measures like sanctions and indictments, which have not effectively deterred attacks.
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FBI's cyber divisionorganizationHouse Homeland Security CommitteeorganizationComputer Fraud and Abuse ActtopicNISTorganizationFederal Information Security Management ActtopicCybersecurity Information Sharing ActtopicCybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyorganizationOffice of the National Cyber Directororganization18 U.S.C. § 1030topic
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