According to a Citizen Lab report, security firm Blue Coat also may have violated U.S. sanctions that bar the sale of technologies to countries with a history of human rights grievances, such as Iran, Syria and Sudan.
A congresswoman and a senator want to reform the 30-year-old federal anti-hacking law known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. They were spurred on by the death of activist and Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz.