In July, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") Criminal Division's Cybersecurity Unit released a framework to help public and private-sector organizations comply with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The framework aims to assist organizations with instituting formal vulnerability disclosure programs to help detect security issues that could lead to the compromise of sensitive data and the disruption of services.

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