Internet Kill Switch Hidden in Bill

Senate To Sneak Through Internet Kill Switch Bill

Legislation likely to be attached to Defense Authorization bill in bid to pass cybersecurity before midterms

The Senate is attempting to sneak through the infamous Internet kill switch cybersecurity bill by attaching it to another piece of legislation that is almost guaranteed to pass – the defense authorization bill – in an underhanded ploy to avoid the difficult task of passing cybersecurity on its own.

“It’s hard to get a measure like cybersecurity legislation passed on its own,” Democratic Senator Thomas Carper, who is co-chair of a Senate subcommittee with cybersecurity oversight, told Government Information Security.

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