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Sony Hack Could Spur Cybersecurity Legislation

The Hill's Cory Bennett reports that the hack of Sony Pictures is inspiring much more urgent interest from Congressional lawmakers about cybersecurity legislation, including legal protections for companies that exchange cyberthreat information with the government. But Robyn Greene, policy counsel for New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, told The Hill that “it is unlikely that information sharing would have prevented the Sony hack. Eighty to 90 percent of all attacks are the result of poor cyber hygiene and internal system monitoring.”