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Timeline: The U.S. Government and Cybersecurity

Tags: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Government Policy Primer

Published: May 2003

URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50606-2002Jun26.html

Abstract: This article offers a short timeline of government actions to curb the hacking of government computer systems. This article was prescient given the panic the Y2K bug that was creating in the vulnerabilities of government systems.