FTC Testifies On ID Theft

In testimony yesterday before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, the FTC's Joel Winston testified that since 2001 the Commission has brought 14 cases since against businesses that failed to implement reasonable security measures to protect sensitive consumer data. In each of those cases the security vulnerabilities were multiple and systemic, and the preventative measures were inexpensive and readily available. The full text of the testimony is available here.