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Senate passes bills aimed at ransomware, data breaches

By Soapbox Group
January 21, 2022
  • Pennsylvania
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By: AP News

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate passed a package of legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing data security breaches and requiring victims and law enforcement officials to be notified when they do happen.

The bills’ passage comes barely two weeks after the state’s unemployment compensation system acknowledged that hackers changed bank account information in some recipients’ accounts, so that payments went to the hackers instead.

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