Patrick Leahy’ reintroduced a revamped version of the “Personal Data Privacy and Security Act” for tough criminal penalties for hackers, that he originally authored in 2005. During last Christmas Holidays, a massive data breach had occurred at the shopping giant involving hack of 40 million credit & debit cards, used to pay for purchases at its 1500 stores nationwide in the U.S. The Senator wrote: “The recent data breach at Target involving the debit and credit card data of as many as 40 million customers during the Christmas holidays is a reminder that developing a comprehensive national strategy to protect data privacy remains one of the most challenging and important issues facing our Nation”
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/01/hacker-Personal-Data-Privacy-Security-Act.html