05-06-2015 23:28 via news.yahoo.com

U.S. lawmakers urge action on cyber bill after latest hacking

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged Congress on Friday to pass legislation permitting sharing of cyber threat information between companies and the government, after one of the largest known cyber attacks on federal networks. "It's impossible to overstate this threat ... We need to act quickly," said Senator Dianne Feinstein, a co-sponsor of the "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act" and the leading Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. In April, the House pas
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