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Ed Markey: “The balance should be that it can't be hacked and that the constant high standard that the industry has to meet is one…”

On the recordJune 13, 2017
The balance should be that it can't be hacked and that the constant high standard that the industry has to meet is one that protects against that.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey advocates for high cybersecurity standards to prevent hacking.

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