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Episode 222: US Rep. Himes on Congress’s About-face on Cybersecurity

The Security Ledger

After all, the Senate first got breached on cyber risk to the government and economy more than 20 years ago, when members of the L0pht, an early hacker collective, casually informed Senators in 1998 that they could “shut down the Internet” in 30 minutes, if they wanted. . Capitol Hill’s Long Learning Curve.