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39 States. Elections Hacked. How Land of Lincoln is Reacting to Protect Midterm Elections.

State: Illinois

Illinois’ Solutions to prevent election hacking in the 2018 mid term elections:

Sending election officials a letter with these instructions:
- scrub voting systems of potential malware
- fill any kind of security gaps
- continue to be vigilant

Politico | LAND OF LINCOLN PREPS FOR 2018

WGN | Illinois among 8 states investigating Russian hacking of its elections

Chicago Tribune | From the community: Sen. Michael E. Hastings works to protect Illinois election data from…

Bill to Require ID Protection at any State Government Data Breach. 3 Bits informed:intel

State: California

The legislation: Assemblyman Matt Dababneh sought to apply the standard applied to business of requiring 1 year of ID theft protection services for anyone who is impacted by any government breach in California. AB 241 (2017)

The Opposition is winning as the bill stalls. The loyal opposition includes California State Assn. of Counties, the Urban Counties of California, and the League of California Cities

Opposition arguments:

it would cost cities & counties too much
state…

Lege TREND. Office of Cyber Defense Coordination. 4 Bits informed:intel

The State Legislature that created the Office of Cyber Defense Coordination: Nevada

Within which state agency will the Office live? Nevada’s Department of Public Safety

The Legislation creating the office: Nevada’s AB 471 (2017)

What do these cyber offices look like in other states?

New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell
Washington state’s Office of Cybersecurity
Georgia has its State Government System Review Board, under the direction of Georgia’s CIO.

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Data Security Bills and Preemption over State Laws.

Background: The FCC in 2017 overturned internet privacy

What is Congress Doing in Response? Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., chairwoman of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, filed a bill to return the power to regulate the internet back to the FTC.

What do privacy advocacy rights advocates say about this bill? 17 states have bills to protect state resident data privacy. The federal bill by Congrresswoman Blackburn would preempt those state laws.

Improving the Outcomes of…

Silver State Internet Security Bill. 6 Key Pieces of Intel

Nevada Senate passed an internet security bill that will:

Requires Internet providers to disclose what types of personal information they collect from users
Requires Internet providers to publish information on any third-party contractors who may be stockpiling user data

Why are states passing internet security bills?

Facebook has settled a suit about its scanning of persoinal messages
The Trump Administration repealed internet privacy regulations
Google is in settlement proceedings over…

Government Data Breach. Concealed Weapons Licenses Compromised. How did this red state react?

State: Florida

The data breach: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services online payment system was hacked and the following information was obtained:

names, addresses and phone numbers of 16,000
470 people whose social security numbers

What steps did Florida take? Ordered a review of the department’s cyber security measures & offering free credit monitoring

What was the reaction of gun owners? “ too little too late”

WWSB ABC 7 | Concealed weapons permit holders targeted in massive…

One Country Looks to Protect its Elections

Country: Germany

The protections that Germany seeks to combat election hacking:

Greater hacking authority for its law enforcement
Specifically, Germans are pushing for the ” use co-called Staatstrojaner, or “state-trojan,” to break into computers and smartphones.”
German high courts have limited the ability for government hacking unless lives are at stake.

SC Media | Lawmakers in Germany push for encryption-busting trojan in lead up to election

Lege Trend. +1 State Adding More Stringent Notification & Mandating Identity Theft Services

State: Delaware

What is HB 180 in Delaware trying to do?

Improve notification requirements
Require 1 year of identity theft mitigation services when Social Security numbers are breached
Require businesses to safeguard personal information
Require notice to Delawareans affected by a breach within 60 days of discovery
If more than 500 residents impacted, the Attorney General must be notified

If passed, Delaware would be state #2 to require ID theft services after a breach.

News.Delaware.Go…