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Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released a report yesterday, highly critical of the FBI, that identified serious problems impacting the FISA process: FBI Oversight in the 107th Congress by the Senate Judiciary Committee: FISA Implementation Failures – An Interim Report. Senators Release Committee Report on FISA Implementation Failures and …
On Monday, the Senate passed, by a vote of 84-0, the Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools Against the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003, or the ‘PROTECT Act’ (S. 151). For reference, please see Senate Rpt. 108-002 – The PROTECT Act of 2003. This legislation will assist law enforcement in their efforts to track and …
The Virginia House yesterday passed and adopted HB 2426 – Posting certain information on the Internet; prohibitions, in response to growing public concerns about privacy and ID theft. The bill “provides that beginning July 1, 2003, no state agency or court clerk shall post on a state agency or court-controlled website any document that contains …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Sentencing Project jointly requested (PDF) that the U.S. Sentencing Commission not increase sentences for federal computer crimes (18 U.S.C. 1030, Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers). The Commission is seeking comments as it reviews current guidelines as required …
The FTC released statistics indicating that consumer complaints related to cross-border consumer fraud almost doubled in 2002. See their 2002 Cross-Border Fraud Trends Report (PDF). Information was compiled from complaints received via the government’s cooperative Consumer Sentinel database, a working partnership that receives input from state, federal and international law enforcement agencies and consumer advocacy …
“Terrorism Forces Us to Make a Choice, Don’t Be Afraid, Be Ready.” This is the introduction to the new website launched today by the Homeland Security Department, called Ready.gov. The site provides information in three main areas: Make a Kit of Emergency Supplies, Make a Plan, and Be Informed, which covers how to respond to …
Via EPIC, this February 18, 2003 decision from the Supreme Court of New Hampshire determines liability in a case that involved the use of an information broker, ID theft and pretexting that resulted in the murder of 19 year old Amy Lynn Boyer in 1999.
CNN reports on an announcement by Visa and Mastercard (which does not appear on either of their respective websites) revealing that a hacker accessed the records of up to 2.2 million accounts via a contractor (Data Processors International) that processes their credit card transactions. According to CNN “the affected accounts make up about one-third of …
The final version of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace was released by the White House on February 14. An overview of the report from the National Journal is worth a read. See also this Washington Post article, Cyber-Security Strategy Depends on Power of Suggestion.
On Feburary 13, Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) introduced a bill that would lead to the establishment of a Homeland Intelligence Agency, “to replace FBI units that failed to uncover the September 11 terrorists and still cannot find suspected al Qaeda operatives in the United States.” A fact sheet on the bill is here, and the …
The International Intellectual Property Alliance industry trade group issued a press release, in PDF, discussing recommendations it made to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to combat global Internet piracy. In addition, the group published a study, 2003 Special 301 Report on Global Copyright Protection and Enforcement, that reviews piracy in 63 countries and …
From Writ, this article, Can Europe Block Racist Websites from its Borders? refers to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, ETS No.: 189. This treaty is now open for signature by the States which have signed the Treaty …
