UPDATE | July 29, 2009
Tiversa testifies before House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Robert Boback, CEO of Tiversa Inc., testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in a hearing focused on the dangers posed by inadvertent file sharing over peer-to-peer networks, primarily in regards to how P2P file-sharing may jeopardize national security through data disclosures and facilitate cyber criminal activity.
For the testimony, Tiversa was specifically asked to provide actual examples of sensitive files that have been recently disclosed on the P2P networks. Some of the file examples provided by Tiversa included details about a U.S. Secret Service safe house for the former first lady (to be used in the event of a national emergency), spreadsheets containing Personal Identifiable Information on thousands of US military troops, documents containing confidential information on nuclear fuel locations and facilities, spreadsheets containing personal medical information and PII on thousands of individuals (Full Name, Address, Phone, SSN, Diagnosis Codes, Insurance and billing information and behavioral health information including psychological reports etc.) The disclosures prompted the chairman of the committee, Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), to propose a bill seeking to formally ban the use of P2P file sharing applications on government and contractor networks.
Also testifying at the hearing was Mark Gorton, chairman of The Lime Group. Gorton first appeared before the committee in July 2007, at which point he expressed concern about the large amount of confidential and classified information made accessible using the Limewire file-sharing application. Gorton assured the committee that Limewire would be implementing changes to the application to diminish inadvertent file sharing. However, two years later, the committee found that Limewire’s efforts to protect customers from inadvertent file-sharing fall short. At the close of the hearing, committee chairman Edolphus Towns stated, “The file-sharing software industry has shown it is unwilling or unable to ensure user safety. It's time to put a referee on the field.”
To request Copy of Tiversa's Testimony, please contact Scott Harrer at (724) 940-9030.
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