5 things to know about #Obama new #cybersecurity proposals

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BY LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI

Hacking and cybersecurity really went mainstream in 2014, grabbing headlines almost every week.

In the year of the famous Internet vulnerability Heartbleed, the massive data breaches of Home Depot and J.P. Morgan, and the hack on Sony Pictures, President Barack Obama wants the government to get more involved in improving cybersecurity.

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