The President of the United States persuaded Congress to pass a legislation that will require retailers to inform customers within 30 days of a breach incident. Mr. Obama said that cyber attacks are a, “direct threat to the economic security” of Americans.
“In a speech previewing his annual State of the Union speech, Mr Obama urged Congress to pass a nationwide law to require firm to inform customers within 30 days if their data has been hacked and make it a crime to sell customers’ identities overseas.”
Ironically the same day January 12th, the US military’s Central Command’s Twitter account was hacked.
The reality is with technological advancements come great opportunities but they also pose great threats to data security. Read the entire story at BBC News…
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