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FTC member says lawsuits focus on cyber failures

By Wilson Ring
Published September 22, 2014 6:36pm ET
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FTC member says lawsuits focus on cyber failures
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill addresses a National Cyber Security Alliance conference Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. Brill, a Vermont resident who works in Washington, said the commission has investigated hundreds of cyber security breaches at companies across the country, but file lawsuits only when it finds systematic failures in a company's data security practices. (AP Photo/The Times Argus, Stefan Hard) | Stefan Hard

NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission has investigated hundreds of cyber security breaches at companies across the country, but it has only sued 53 times, one of the organization’s five commissioners said Monday during a cyber security conference at Norwich University in Northfield.

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