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Congress Hacking Incidents Demand Transparency By US Senators

Calendar Mar 14, 2019 • User Avatar Brittany Day
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Take a look at the security headlines, and you’ll see report after report of businesses and large organisations being hacked.

Sensitive databases are accessed, passwords are stolen, email archives are plundered, innocent people are put at risk and corporations get a kick up the backside that they need to take security more seriously.

But what you don’t tend to hear about are hacks of computer systems belonging to the US Congress.

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