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Wyden Slams Latest, Worse Version of Cybersecurity Bill
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D - Ore., issued the following statement on the latest version of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which has been included in the omnibus appropriations bill. "This 'cybersecurity' bill was a bad bill when it passed the Senate and it is an even worse bill today. Americans deserve policies that protect both their security and their liberty. This bill fails on both counts. Cybersecurity experts say CISA will do little to prevent major … Continue Reading
August 12, 2015
Wyden Asks What Steps Intelligence Leaders Took to Protect Federal OPM Records, Other Sensitive Files
WASHINGTON - In the wake of multiple high-profile hacks of federal officials' emails, personnel records and other personal information, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked the top federal counterintelligence official what steps the National Counterintelligence and Security Center took to protect Office of Personnel Management records from foreign hackers. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center, which is tasked with protecting the U.S. Government against foreign intelligence … Continue Reading
August 05, 2015
Wyden: Senate Punts Flawed Surveillance Bill
Washington, D.C. - Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised news the Senate will indefinitely delay a vote on CISA, a bill that would have created new threats to Americans' privacy, while doing little if anything to protect their digital security. "Once again, those who value Americans' privacy more than political expediency have made sure this harmful, misguided bill won't sail through the Senate without meaningful debate," Wyden said. "The Republican leadership's decision to put off a vote … Continue Reading
July 28, 2015
Wyden Praises News Senate Likely to Delay Vote on Flawed Cyber Bill
Washington, D.C. - Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised news that the Senate will likely delay consideration of a flawed cybersecurity bill for at least a month, but warned that defenders of Americans' privacy must mobilize to prevent the bill from being revived this fall. "This is a temporary victory, but any delay is a good delay when it comes to a flawed bill that threatens Americans' privacy without making our personal information any safer. The grassroots and privacy advocates … Continue Reading
June 11, 2015
Wyden Statement on Republicans Failed Effort to Move Bad Cybersecurity Bill Forward
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement after Senate Republicans failed in their ill-advised efforts to attach the Cyber Security Information Act to NDAA. "Today we beat back a Republican effort to use procedural tricks to pass a bad cybersecurity bill. But this is just the beginning," Wyden said. "I will keep fighting against bad policies that do little to stop hackers, prioritize corporations over Americans and have no meaningful privacy … Continue Reading
June 09, 2015
Wyden: Republican Leaders Are Trying to Make a Bad Defense Bill Worse By Adding Flawed Cyber Amendment
Washington, D.C. -Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to calls to attach a flawed cybersecurity bill to the National Defense Authorization Act. "Senate Republican leaders are trying to make a bad defense bill worse by adding a flawed cybersecurity bill," Wyden said. "If Senator McConnell insists on attaching the flawed CISA bill to unrelated legislation, I will be fighting to ensure the Senate has a full debate and a chance to offer amendments to add … Continue Reading
June 05, 2015
Wyden: Cybersecurity Legislation Threatens Privacy; Experts Say Does Little To Prevent Security Breaches
Washington, D.C. -Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today pushed back on calls to pass a flawed cybersecurity bill (the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act or CISA) in response to revelations that a federal employee database was recently hacked. "The United States should pull out all the stops to go after foreign hackers and foreign threats, but there's a way to do that without threatening the privacy of millions of law-abiding Americans," Wyden said. "The so-called cybersecurity legislation in the … Continue Reading
April 04, 2015
Wyden: Cyber Bill Allows Massive Increase in Government Surveillance, Fails on Security
Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today reiterated his concerns about a cybersecurity bill that would create new ways for the government to comb through Americans' private information without a warrant, without addressing the real threats to U.S. networks. "Any information-sharing legislation that lacks adequate privacy protections is not simply a cybersecurity bill, but a surveillance bill by another name," Wyden said, in dissenting views on the bill released today. "I … Continue Reading
