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Two House lawmakers with computer-science expertise are warning their colleagues to improve their cybersecurity hygiene as hackers get smarter and increasingly target government officials.
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Two computer science degree grads, who also happen to be members of the House, have sent a note to their colleagues and staff members in Congress laying out basic cybersecurity measures.
Reps. Ted W. Lieu (D-Calif.)—B.S. Stanford University (and a reformed attorney with a JD from Georgetown University)—and Will Hurd (R-Texas) B.S. Texas A&M University—joined forces in sending the e-mail “to raise awareness and improve the security culture in the House of Representatives.”
The representatives, both of whom have cybersecurity expertise, urged recipients to:
Two lawmakers with computer science degrees took their colleagues to task, encouraging them in a letter to use encryption and practice smarter cyber hygiene.
Just a few days after Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) chastised House leadership for refusing to bring a "backdoor" National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendment to the floor for a vote, the California representative took aim at Congress's personal cyber hygiene in a letter penned with Sen. Will Hurd (R-Texas).