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New Policy Shifts Cybersecurity Approach Amid Rising Digital Threats
The Trump administration has signed a national security memorandum allowing select US companies to conduct cyberattacks against foreign cybercriminal groups, in an effort to address rising digital threats like ransomware. The policy, which marks a sharp pivot from previous administrations, will enable participating companies to work with the Justice and Homeland Security Departments to strike back at hackers, under certain conditions. The move is intended to tap into the private sector’s ingenuity to stem the growing costs of cyberattacks, but it also raises concerns about the potential consequences of such actions, as reported by Unknown Source.