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Pegasus and Privacy

August 31, 2021
Michael Reinhardt
C-Suite, Congress, Consumer Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Privacy, Spyware

Pegasus spyware, developed by the NSO Group, an Israeli company, has provoked the ire of journalists, privacy advocates, the EU, UN, and U.S. Congress following revelations that the software was used to monitor over 50,000 cell phone numbers from individuals across 50 countries. Export licenses for this military-grade software must be approved by the Israeli…

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Infrastructure Bill Allocates Nearly $2 Billion to Cybersecurity

August 12, 2021
Tim Crino
Breach Notification, Breach prevention, Breach response, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Governance, Legislation

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure package, which it has passed along to the House for approval. The package includes a variety of bills that allocate spending toward critical infrastructure, including roads, railways, bridges, electric vehicles, and telecom companies. The package also allocates more than $1.9 billion toward cybersecurity. The move…

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