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CNN reports that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (SB 3414) has failed to pass the US Senate. A cloture vote failed by a vote of 42-46, mostly along party lines.
CNN reports that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (SB 3414) has
failed to pass the US Senate. A cloture vote failed by
a vote of 42-46, mostly along party lines.
Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, and Susan Collins, R-Maine,
introduced the bill.
"This is a moment of disappointment that I really cannot
conceal," Lieberman said after the vote. "But the threat
of cyberattack is so real, so urgent and so clearly growing that I
am not going to be petulant about this."
It is unlikely that cybersecurity legislation will reappear
before the election.
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