http://www.computerworld.com/article/2606965/senators-ask-apple-home-depot-for-information-on-breaches.html
By Grant Gross
IDG News Service
Sep 11, 2014
A recent data breach at retailer Home Depot and a leak of celebrity nude
pictures from Apple's iCloud service raise questions about the companies'
data security practices, two U.S. senators said Thursday.
Sens. John "Jay" Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, and Claire
McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, asked Apple and Home Depot for information
on their security practices. The senators, senior members of the Senate
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, have asked the companies
to provide the committee with detailed information about the causes of the
breaches.
A series of new Apple products, including the Apple Watch and its iCloud
Drive, will lead to more sensitive customer information stored in the
cloud, the senators wrote in a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
"We are interested to know what security protocols Apple has adopted to
maximize the safety and privacy of your customers who store information on
your company's popular iCloud," the senators wrote. "We understand that
the focused nature of the attack on specific iCloud accounts is very
different from the massive data breaches that affected other companies,
but nonetheless indicate potential vulnerabilities in your cloud security
protocols that were exploited by hackers."
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