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Kyl Gears Up For Another Cybercrime-Fighting Bill
From: William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 10:03:37 -0500
http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/149449.html By David McGuire, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 22 May 2000, 5:01 PM CST In a bid to broaden federal law enforcers' cybercrime-fighting arsenals, Sens. John Kyl, R-Ariz., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are preparing to introduce legislation that would double the maximum jail term for hackers convicted under federal law. The proposed Kyl-Feinstein legislation, which Kyl announced today at a conference on critical infrastructure protection here, would raise the maximum jail term from five to 10 years for convicted hackers. The senators could introduce the legislation as early as sometime later this week. By allowing "the sentence in more serious cases" to fit the crime, the legislation will give federal prosecutors more leeway in dealing with cyber-felons, Kyl said. While details of the Kyl-Feinstein bill remain to be hammered out, the legislation will also likely include language creating a limited shelter under the both the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and federal antitrust law for companies that voluntarily share information about information attacks they have suffered. Legislation currently pending in the House of Representatives would offer the same sort of FOIA and antitrust protections for companies that share hacking information. [...] *-------------------------------------------------* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen. Alfred. M. Gray, USMC --------------------------------------------------- C4I Secure Solutions http://www.c4i.org *-------------------------------------------------* ISN is sponsored by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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