Scott L. Vernick was featured in the USA Today article,
"Leahy Seeks Criminal Penalty for Attempted Hacking."
Full text can be found in the January 10, 2014, article, but a
synopsis is noted below.
Sen. Patrick, D-Vt. reintroduced his data privacy protection
bill to Congress on Wednesday, the fourth time the bill has been
proposed.
This version of the bill would create a national standard for
loss disclosure and impose data protection standards on businesses
that collect and store personal information, while also punishing
computer hacking and conspiracy to commit computer hacking with
criminal penalties.
With a lack of overall federal notification guidelines, the
aftermath of a breach can be hard for affected businesses to
navigate. Fox Rothschild has introduced the Data Breach 411 app to
help ease the difficulty.
