By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is enlisting private companies to conduct cyberattacks on foreign cybercriminals in a major policy shift that experts say could come with legal risk for the companies.
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Donald Trump empowers US private companies to conduct cyber-attacks
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‘Cyber privateers’: Trump issues order allowing US companies to hack overseas groups under certain conditions
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Trump gives green light to US companies to aim hacks at cybercriminals
The White House intends to use private companies in the United States to help crack down on cybersecurity breaches perpetrated by transnational criminal organizations. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday, directing his administration to employ the private sector in the nation’s e…
President Trump directed federal law enforcement agencies to expand their use of cyber tools against transnational criminal organizations that operate outside the U.S. and target Americans.
President signed memorandum giving private sector a role in fighting ‘transnational criminal organizations’ Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that aims to give private companies the power to carry out offensive cyber-attacks against foreign criminal entities.
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is enlisting private companies to conduct cyberattacks on foreign cybercriminals in a major policy shift that experts say could come with legal risk for the companies.
WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration is encouraging American companies to conduct their own cyberattacks against criminal hackers, a move that White House officials say will help address digital scourges like ransomware but that some former officials and security experts warn could lead to chaos.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is encouraging American companies to conduct their own cyberattacks against criminal hackers, a move that White House officials say will help address digital scourges like ransomware but that some former officials and security experts warn could lead to chaos.
