kingston. served asitness policy council in the consumer union washington office and is lead advocate for telecommunications media and privacy efforts. consumers union is a policy action and vision -- division of consumer reports. she graduated from the university of virginia with a from columbia school of law. we are glad to have you here. please go-ahead. thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today about these breaches. i service policy council of consumers union. this past december at the height of the holiday shopping season, 40 million unsuspecting customers learned that criminals may have gained unauthorized access to their credit card and debit card information. subsequently, 70 million more learned that personal information such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers may have also fallen into the hands of suspected hackers. since then we have learned of similar breaches that other retailers. neiman marcus has confirmed unauthorized access to payment data and michaels h

kingston. our next witness served as policy council in the consumer union washington office and is lead advocate for telecommunications media and privacy efforts. consumers union is a policy action division of consumer reports. she graduated from the university of virginia with a law degree from columbia school of law. we are glad to have you here. please go ahead. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today about these breaches. i serve as policy council of consumers union. this past december at the height of the holiday shopping season, 40 million unsuspecting customers learned that criminals may have gained unauthorized access to their credit card and debit card information. subsequently, 70 million more learned that personal information such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers may have also fallen into the hands of suspected hackers. since then we have learned of similar breaches that other retailers. --at other retailers. neiman marcus has confirmed unauthorized acc

kingston? >> at this point, we have not found any evidence of how attackers were able to infiltrate our network. discussion on breach notification. first of all, we want to make atae the consumer, whose d whether it is financial or personally identifiable information, is notified in a timely manner. there is a perception that perhaps you discover the breach, you should push send for notification. does it really work that way? how much time is a reasonable amount of time before you notice the consumer of the breach? was on providing speed and getting notice quickly. we think it is important. balancing that, the lens we were looking through, providing them accurate information to help them understand what went on. then actionable information, what they could do about it. in addition, given the magnitude of our enterprise, we knew that we would get significant request from our guests, and we wanted to prepare with staffing the call centers and have staff that stores. i think all of this is how we

kingston, you discovered the breach in turn? >> -- >> we live the rest of the string to go live to the pentagon for a press briefing with defense secretary chuck hagel. you can see the rest of this briefing, this hearing on line at c-span.org. this began just a couple of minutes ago. >> national recognized strategic thinker, practitioner on national security. as well as budgeting, technology, military affairs. retired marine corps officer, he's an admired and tested leader. until recently served as you know as the undersecretary of the navy. those responsibilities included day-to-day management of the department of the navy. he has also leadership position with important defense policy think tanks including his current position as ceo of the center for a new american security. bob's distinct career of public service, his ability and his experience and knowledge at dod make him uniquely qualified for this position it and if confirmed to bring the essential qualities required to help lead our national defense enterprise at a very,

kingston. both of you suffered point of sale attacks. and least with target, there was a portion of that that was uncrypted and they were able to get the information in plain language. plain text. is that a shortcoming? is that standard? how much of a surprise to you or not surprised there was that vulnerability at the point of sale, mr. mulligan? >> mr. chairman, we know -- >> and pull your microphone a little closer. >> we know today in the u.s. that credit card information, payment card information comes into point of sale systems from the magnetic strip unencrypted. in our case that data was captured prior to us encrypting it. we've seen in other geographies around the world where chip and pin or technology is deployed. the fraud related to credit cards have come down dramatically and that's why we've been supporters of that technology for a long period of time. >> mr. kingston. >> what we learned in our investigation, mr. chairman, is that the information was scraped at a time immediately following the swipe as well. and basically -

president tan, commissioners, mark grame here representing, kingston wo and the drake and he is present today with us and with his manager. and now, this is, i think that i have put some pictures and it was a beautiful space it was designed by a well known architect and i believe that it was the tenth anniversary party. and it is basically a gas show, a lounge and it is located next to the utah hotel on 4th street. planning code as you know, about i think that it was 1989 and they down zoned almost all of the south of market. and therefore, entertainment is not permitted in this district. however, under section 205.3 of the planning code there is an exception that allows one entertainment event per month, 12 times a year. and basically, other than halloween, we gave the planning commission a bunch of dates but other than halloween, and new year's eve, we are going to use this for corporate events. and in the last, few months, we have had nike twice and we have had not facebook, but, sales force. and a bunch of other local south of market tech companies. who seemed to like the space. and

a ceremony highlighting help people in the past now for the kids to kingston's taking center stage at the bank bought elsewhere different types of kimchi from a different province is earthy level for visitors to sample a number of foreign ambassadors to korea have also participated and even got in on the act of making their own kimchi. attendees to the event of another meeting to celebrate korean steeplechase as cute as it has made it onto unesco's intangible cultural heritage list. an idea. brits are lots of teams and is not the first food item but they did on unesco's list but others are there. until recently no need for collectors in the world taking to it especially since that is pretty accurate astronomical really good bye to friends and maybe terry diet sprite these groupings be introduced on the contrary and gas to turkey syria going on skirts and jackets that japan's traditional casino washer cook was just an accident at school this past week so it kinda making the lists a total number of korean items in unesco. it's about sixteen to the steps correct. i shot one unesco has do

a ceremony highlighting help people in the past now for the kids to kingston's taking center stage at the bank bought elsewhere different types of kimchi from eight different provinces are available for visitors to sample a number of foreign ambassadors to korea have also participated and even got in on the act of making their own kimchi. attendees to the event of another weekend to celebrate korean steeplechase as cute as it has made it onto unesco's intangible cultural heritage list. any idea. brits are lots of teams and is not the first food item but they did on unesco list but others are there. until recently no need for collectors in the world getting to it especially since that is pretty accurate astronomical really good bye to friends and in that area and diet sprite these groupings be introduced on the contrary and traditional turkey cereal in your prayers and japanese actor has additional christina washer cook was just an ethical this past week. so if you don't make an illicit total number of korean items in unesco. it's about sixteen to the steps correct. i shot one unesco h

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president tan, commissioners, mark grame here representing, kingston wo and the drake and he is present today with us and with his manager. and now, this is, i think that i have put some pictures and it was a beautiful space it was designed by a well known architect and i believe that it was the tenth anniversary party. and it is basically a gas show, a lounge and it is located next to the utah hotel on 4th street. planning code as you know, about i think that it was 1989 and they down zoned almost all of the

president tan, commissioners, mark grame here representing, kingston wo and the drake and he is present today with us and with his manager. and now, this is, i think that i have put some pictures and it was a beautiful space it was designed by a well known architect and i believe that it was the tenth anniversary party. and it is basically a s

kingston and mr. mulligan, both of you were that deadlineet ?ith the chip technology >> senator, we have been proponents of chip and pin, as you just heard, for a very long time. our stores have guessed payment devices and we are accelerating to get those in our stores by the fourth quarter this year and in the products we offer will have the chips in them early next year. >> are you also prepared to adopt the pin portion? >> we are advocates for the pin as the industry in total becomes capable of handling that for credit card transactions. that is aocates of double authentication. >> what about you? >> neiman marcus is certainly willing and will consider anything that is going to make this process and consumer includingn safer, chip and pin. as i pointed out earlier, at neiman marcus, we do not use pin pads today. as a practical martyr -- as a practical matter, it is important to understand that while i think the industry would be safer with that, there is a lot of work to do to make that happen. the pin pads have to be able to process this. th

is that right filed the largest municipal bankruptcy and our country's history last year firstly kingston mayor kilpatrick. the new baltimore twenty seven correction officers and a maryland dal were indicted last november for helping with the lack of the left and leave prison gang at me and across the whole drug operation that while incarcerated in the city's jail. most of the attraction of the murderer bombshell accusations about criminal activity is that the baltimore city detention center. most of the corrections officers to assist in the gang members in keeping their operations going. why behind bars before when he was smuggled drugs cell phones and other contraband into the doubt by their hair and body parts additionally four of the women became impregnated by a brigade leader did not know why it's one of the corrections officers they even got his name attached you on her breast. union representative for the correctional officers is calling for tighter background checks. but for now and those guards can be finding more permanent position at the jailhouse. in the top off our list of t

kingston and mr. mulligan, both of you were that deadlineet ?ith the chip technology >> senator, we have been proponents of chip and pin, as you just heard, for a very long time. our stores have guessed payment devices and we are accelerating to get those in our stores by the fourth quarter this year and in the products we offer will have the chips in them early next year. >> are you also prepared to adopt the pin portion? >> we are advocates for the pin as the industry in total becomes capable of handling that for credit card transactions. that is aocates of double authentication. >> what about you? >> neiman marcus is certainly willing and will consider anything that is going to make this process and consumer includingn safer, chip and pin. as i pointed out earlier, at neiman marcus, we do not use pin pads today. as a practical martyr -- as a practical matter, it is important to understand that while i think the industry would be safer with that, there is a lot of work to do to make that happen. the pin pads have to be able to process this. th

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al jazeera, kingston jamaica. >> coming up is russia ready to host the olympics. that suggest the answer is no. >> >> fault lines hard hitting... the director of the national terrorism, says the u.s. and russia are tracking threats of varying degrees of credibility. he says the potential attacks are likely outside the venues for the games. meantime, america's ambassador says he will step down once the games are done. after a little over two years comes at the end of a tenure as ambassador which saw a lot of controversy. he began his post speaking with opposition leaders when they were taking to the streets in those protests. lea has repeatedly been critical, saying he was cracking down on free come of speech, on certain aspects of building a democratic society, but he is also met with members of the business community, meeting with leaders in the civic arena, trying to build a bridge between the united states and russia, when relations between the two countries were at a low point. it is expected that michael will now return to accused dame yeah, from whence he ca

. >> kingston says it was, quote, exceedingly sophisticated malware used in this attack. >> so can anything really be done to stop this from happening? >> that's what we're asking. some people advocating making credit and debit cards with embedded computer chip and requiring customers to punch in a pin number to use the card. one security expert says businesses and banks are fighting these types of attacks every day and it's not an easy task. >> there's no silver bullet here. there's multiple layers that need to be put in place. chip and pin encryption will help matters. again, nothing is going to stop data breaches. >> reporter: on average smith says it takes most businesses 210 days to detect malware because the criminals are that good at hiding it. gretchen. >> wow. to think we might all go back to old-fashioned cash. unbelievable. >> right. >> molly, thanks so much. >>> the death of actor philip seymour hoffman sparking action from the nypd and raising an interesting legal question today as police arrest and question four suspects who reportedly may have sold drugs to

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kingston. i don't recall getting any notice that my data may have been breached. when would i have had noticed and i shopped during the period of time. >> it wasn't until january 6th, actually that we learned that this very sophisticated malware that was put in our systems had thh ability to scrape card data in our systems. then we quickly put in actions to contain and eradicate malware, and began notifying customers. melissa: that was the cfo neiman marcus. dianne feinstein revealing herself to be a big spender among other things. this is the question a lot of folks have had. they said, i haven't gotten any notice. -@should everyone who has been involved should have heard by now? >> there are 47 states that have breach notification laws and each are a little bit different. there is no federal law on breach notification yet. so it depends which state you live in. also every state, there is one common denominator. they only require notice if there is accually proof that your individual personal information or financial information has been breached. hacks occur tho

kingston, i don't recall getting any notice that my data may have been breeched.uld i have had notice? >> it wasn't until january 6, actually, that we learned that this very sophisticated mall ware, what was put in our systems had the ability to scrape card data in our systems. >> target says it will be switching to smart cards with microchips to project against cyber theft. 40million target customers had their data compromised over the holidays. >> reported arising from their graves. >> that was an emergency alert in three states warning a zombie attack was underway. clearly a prank, but a disturbing one since the u.s. emergency alert system was hacked. it was mentioned in a senate report showing how government computers may be at risk. it's because the federal government doesn't have enough people with the proper expertise and training in cyber security. >> top u.s. intelligence officials say there are a number of specific threats targeting the winter olympics which gets underway in sochi later this week. russia deployed a massive security force with police and

and even though this spill is the outward sign, we saw the outward sign of the spill in kingston, tennesseehis is the outward sign of a catastrophic failure here at the dan river, these plants, all 14 plants in north carolina are under lawsuit for contaminating groundwater. and that's what the public doesn't see. is that this groundwater contamination goes on every single day and while this is new news to your viewers this is not new news to the folks that are advocates trying to address this coal ash pollution that the state is facing. >> you were involved on the regulatory side of this for nine years before you resigned last year, citing your changed work experience under the mccrory administration. can you tell us what changed, what had your job been like, what had the regulatory job been like in north carolina before governor mccrory, and how has it changed since him? >> certainly. before it has always been the mission of denr to protect the resources and the public and the public's right to have clean air, clean water, a swimmable, recreationable, fishable resources in the state. when

. >> when i'm not bobsledding i'm in the 1156 engineering company out of kingston, new york. >> i belongw york headquarters in latham. >> i'm part of the kentucky national guard. >> it's a way for me to have something outside of athletics and way for me to compete for my country and serve my country at the same time. >> the wcap program is a special unit for soldier athletes, the mission in that unit is to go to the olympic games and represent your country and ultimately bring home a medal. >> i love that. we learned a lot about some of the athletes and how they get along when they're not doing what they do here. anyway, still to come the most important job of all, being a mom. >> that's right we'll talk to some of the moms of two of the olympic athle ♪ (announcer) from the company that invented litter, comes litter re-invented. (woman) hey! toss me that litter! (announcer) introducing tidy cats lightweight. all the strength, half the weight. of "looking for a good deal" and "sheesh, i should've looked some more." ♪ that's why walgreens makes it easy to save even more on your medicare pa

. >> kingston, jamaica would be our sister city. because of the flavor and vitality.his is not a joke video, a real video from the country of jamaica about, of course, the olympics, their bobsledding team. take a look at this. ♪ run the track ♪ run the track ♪ make room on the ice ♪ start out feeling nice ♪ you do we do it right ♪ to the right >> now, any country that puts out that as their official video gets big ups, obviously. and yet some of the articles in scientific america, you talk about how bobsledding is also one of the most dangerous sports. you talk about how speed is one of the key issues, key risk factors. and you have reference to micro-morts, a way to evaluate these different sports and risk lethality. >> micro-morts is a great unit of what is the chance you're doing to die. it's one in a million chance you're going to die doing it. >> but there's a chance. >> the average american chance of having an unnatural death sometime during the day, getting hit by a bus, something like that is one micro-mort. every day we have one micro-mort. >> this is a way t

that one happened in kingston, tennessee, about 300 miles away from the new coal ash spill. that tennessee spill is still being cleaned up now six years later. the cleanup costs for the tennessee bill, well over a billion dollars. that was supposed to be a wake-up call for us about the risks of storing giants amounts of this toxic sludge, especially right near waterways. but two weeks ago, on super bowl sunday, we did it again. or rather, duke energy did it. it was their plant. it was their coal ash. it was their spill. that company is confirming they, too, have received a federal grand jury subpoena in this federal criminal investigation that we found out today, along with the mccrory administration's subpoena. and in the first instance, it's going to have to be that company, duke energy, and that agency, the environmental agency, who are going to have to answer for what happened here. and the bigger picture, though, the questions are for north carolina governor pat mccrory. for the government he leads. before he was sworn in as north carolina governor, pat mccrory spent 28

. >> there's congressman jack kingston who made headlines recently with this novel policy decision about> why don't you, you know, have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel to instill in them that there is, in fact, no such thing as a free lunch or maybe sweep the floor in the cafeteria? yes, i understand that would be an administrative problem, and i understand it would probably lose you money, but think what we would gain as a society in getting people -- getting the myth out of their head that there is such thing as a free lunch. >> his defense, he did concede, would be an administrative problem. then there's congressman phil gingrey who complained about his congressional salary of $172,000 a year being too low and said todd akin was partially right in his liegitimate rape comments a to how a woman's body shuts down so pregnancy wouldn't occur. now, the question of extending unemployment insurance. >> yes or no? yes, i would vote to extend unemployment benefits. no, i would not. >> congressman broun, kudos to him eager to be the first to raise his hand no on extending unemployment insura

they became well-trained and battled summer blazes in pecos, kingston, and jemez, as well as fires in california and oregon when other states needed our help, showing tremendous skill and unparalleled work ethic. i'd like to introduce two of those brave soldiers, and now, trained firefighters - husband and wife, brian and tessa filip. [ applause ] thank you for your service, and in honor of it, i propose that we make the "returning heroes" firefighting program permanent. as we continue to provide free mental health services to returning veterans and their families, we must never forget that honoring veterans who are no longer with us is one of the most sacred responsibilities society shares. it's time to start building local veterans cemeteries throughout new mexico, of the highest standard. that way, families of our veterans no longer have to travel great distances to visit the gravesites of their loved ones. for $600,000, we can build three or four new cemeteries in areas that have large populations of unserved veterans. we'd be the first state to adopt this unique approach to a lon

he received a bachelor of science with honors from queens university in kingston in mathematical physics and his ph.d. is from the university of london. treat please join me and walk coming our authors. [applause] >> our format this evening is going to be a little different than usual. i'm going to start by asking a few questions and then we will turn it over to the audience. michael, elizabeth it's nice to have both of this evening. i would like to start by setting the stage for us. why did you read write this particular book a book that looks at china's quest for resources so broadly from the minerals to food and energy insecurity and want her and more? >> first let me thank you heidi for having us this evening and thank the world affairs counsel. it's a pleasure to be here and thank you to all of you for coming out on this cold and chilly night. each of us probably has a slightly different reason for why we came to write this book. i think for me it really began initially number of years ago as my work on the environment. my first book was largely focused on domestic considerations of

judiciary committee grilling an all-star cast that included the cfo of target john mulligan and michael kingstone new top republican. thank you for being here. why were and the credit-card industry executives put on the panel as well when it was their cards that were frankly breached. >> that is a good question, a subject of a second hearing if you have a second hearing. we are trying to work with the people that are hurt and the ones that have some responsibility, at least the initial responsibility. by the way, the best thing that came out of this hearing was the fact that chairman leahy and viagra with him said we have to have a partnership between the private sector and government because some people say leave the industry alone. other people say you ought to have a top down -- cheryl: public-private partnership could be with anyone. >> i didn't say that. didn't say privatize it. partner should between government trying to solve the solution of cybersecurity and what happens to target employees? the criminals are so sophisticated and they are ahead of business and government, don't know what