{"id":14536,"date":"2022-08-03T12:57:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=14536"},"modified":"2022-08-03T12:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:57:44","slug":"sens-ossoff-lummis-warner-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-credit-union-members-from-identity-theft-cyber-threats","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-lummis-warner-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-credit-union-members-from-identity-theft-cyber-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff, Lummis, Warner Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Credit Union Members from Identity Theft & Cyber Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington D.C<\/strong>. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to protect credit union members from identity theft and hacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Sens. Ossoff, Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the bipartisan Improving Cybersecurity of Credit Unions A<\/em>ct <\/em>to protect credit union members from cybersecurity threats that could jeopardize their identities, privacy, and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill will empower the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) to assess cybersecurity risks posed by service providers and take action to protect credit union members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill also restores previous NCUA authority to examine credit union service providers and mirrors the provisions of the Bank Service Company Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the NCUA, Georgia has roughly 2.25 million credit union members statewide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGeorgians should not have to fear that their identity or data could be stolen by hackers who target their bank or credit union,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong> \u201cThis bipartisan bill will strengthen protections against hacking and identity theft. I thank Senators Lummis and Warner for joining me in this bipartisan effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany people in Wyoming choose to keep their money or get a loan at their local credit union, and unfortunately, all too often, their sensitive information is targeted by cyber hackers,\u201d said Sen. Lummis.<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m proud to join my colleagues, Senators Ossoff and Warner, in introducing the Improving Cybersecurity of Credit Unions Act<\/em> to help safeguard data at credit unions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCredit unions serve communities all across Virginia,\u201d said Sen. Warner.<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m proud to join Senator Ossoff and Senator Lummis in offering this bipartisan proposal to improve cybersecurity for credit union customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the latest step in Sen. Ossoff\u2019s push to boost our country\u2019s cybersecurity infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the U.S. Senate successfully passed Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Cybersecurity Opportunity Act<\/em> to expand cybersecurity education programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and boost job opportunities in the cybersecurity field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Sen. Ossoff introduced the bipartisan Improving Cybersecurity of Small Organizations Act<\/em> to help small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and local governments defend themselves from cyber threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a>\u00a0to read the\u00a0Improving Cybersecurity of Credit Unions A<\/em>ct.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to protect credit union members from identity theft and hacking. This week, Sens. Ossoff, Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the bipartisan Improving Cybersecurity of Credit Unions Act to protect credit union members from cybersecurity threats that could jeopardize their identities, privacy, and […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14536","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14538,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14536\/revisions\/14538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}