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House passes pro-business cybersecurity measure


Associated Press


Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House veto threat and an outcry from privacy advocates and civil- liberties groups that say it leaves Americans vulnerable to spying by the military.


But supporters said they were gaining momentum: Despite the White House veto threat, 92 Democrats voted for the measure, compared with only 42 for a similar bill last year.


Hackers haven’t been able to deliver crippling blows to the U.S. economy or infrastructure, but they have been able to wreak havoc on some key commercial systems. Most recently, several news outlets including The New York Times acknowledged that their systems had been penetrated, and banks are said to be quietly fighting daily intrusions. North Korea recently was held responsible for a cyberattack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks.


But privacy advocates and civil-liberties groups say the bill would open up Americans’ most-private online records to the federal government. The bill does not require companies to scrub data of sensitive information such as health or credit records before sharing it with the government.




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