Top DOJ official warns of 'new liability' for not sharing cyber information with government

Assistant Attorney General John Carlin told industry lawyers today that advising corporate executives against sharing cyber vulnerabilities with the government – because of regulatory or legal concerns – could present its own set of liabilities by contributing to conditions that put another party at risk of an attack.

“We're moving to a new world where there's going to be new liability if you don't share” cyber-threat intelligence with the government, Carlin said at the Wilson Center's Cybersecurity Conference for Lawyers...