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Committee hears bill to expand GBI administrative subpoenas for cyber-enabled threats including swatting
Summary
Representative Crow told the Judiciary Committee the bill expands limited administrative-subpoena authority so the GBI can quickly obtain subscriber records from electronic service providers in investigations of swatting, terrorist threats and related crimes.
Representative Crow presented House Bill 161, a proposal to expand existing administrative-subpoena authority used in child-exploitation and identity-fraud cases so the Georgia Bureau of Investigation can swiftly obtain subscriber information from electronic service providers for a broader set of computer- and communications-enabled offenses, including swatting, identity fraud, certain computer crimes, harassing phone calls and terrorist threats.
Sarah Lou and other GBI witnesses described practical limits investigators face when tracing electronic threats and said the bill is meant to speed identification of accounts and subscribers.…
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