US companies no longer have legal protection to share cyber threat information with the federal government, one of many disruptions from lawmakers’ failure to strike a government funding deal.
The Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act of 2015 expired overnight, along with annual appropriations for federal agencies, sending the US government into a shutdown. The cyber law provided a shield encouraging companies to report breaches and threats without fear of liability. The Department of Homeland Security said it would preserve the cyber information-sharing platform during a lapse of the law.
Lawmakers made multiple efforts to extend the law, which has broad ...