New Legislation Would Crack Down On Online Criminal Havens

Hugh Pickens writes "The Hill reports that Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have introduced a bill that would penalize foreign countries that fail to crack down on cyber criminals operating within their borders. Under the bill the White House would have the responsibility of identifying countries that pose cyber threats and the president would have to present to Congress in an annual report. Countries identified as 'hacker havens' would then have to develop plans of action to combat cybercrimes or risk cuts to their US export dollars, foreign-direct investment funds and trade assistance grants. Numerous American employers, including Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Symantec, PayPal, eBay, McAfee, American Express, Mastercard and Visa, as well as Facebook, are supporting the Senators' legislation."

Comments

Re:Welcome to the Empire

[tpstigers]

I'm intrigued. Let's see if you can actually put some intellectual weight behind your statements. Explain.

The last gasp attempts

[future assassin]

from a dying empire. Threaten anyone and every one to fall in line like the tyrants citizen citizens and encroach on others sovereignty.

Re:More like the Pot calling the kettle black

[Em Emalb]

This double standard is why the USA has such a bad perception in most of the rest of the World.

Actually, the US is in a position where they can't win on the world stage at all. Seriously. Suppose the US removed those NA Terrorists or deported them back to Africa. Then what? Why the US is a bunch of hypocrites, because now we're "limiting the freedoms" of others who are trying to "peacefully" come into this country.

Note to the rest of the world: You can't have it both ways, you can't sit on the fence and tell the US all the things we're "doing wrong" when the country you live in is either just as bad or worse as the US.

I feel for American politicians on the world stage. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.