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TRACED Act signed into law, putting robocallers on notice

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 NewsEditorajit pai, chairman, Chuck Schumer, communication, Congress, department of justice, Federal Communications Commission, Government, jessica rosenworcel, neologisms, president, robocall, robocalls, telemarketing

The Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, a bipartisan bit of legislation that should make life harder for the villains behind robocalls, was signed into law today by the president. It’s still possible to get things done in D.C. after all! We’ve covered the TRACED Act several times previously, as robocalls are, in addition to being horribly annoying, a uniquely annoying high-tech threat. Using clever targeting and spoofing technology, scammers are placing millions of calls that at best irritate and at worst take advantage of the vulnerable. The new law won’t end that…

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Government Worker Faces Prison Time For Stashing Classified Docs in His Basement

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 NewsEditorClassified information, department of justice, United States district court

A government contractor providing cyber security support to part of the U.S. military faces prison time for taking home hundreds of top secret documents on his own personal thumb drive every day. When confronted over the alarming breach of classified intel, the contractor, William Kinsel, told investigators he was not up to anything nefarioushe just wanted the comfort of being able to work from home. Now, after pleading guilty last week to a single criminal count of obtaining classified documents and taking them home with him on an unauthorized thumb…