President Barack Obama signed an executive order to combat malicious cybersecurity attacks by creating a sanctions program, according to an announcement from the White House on Wednesday morning.
The program would allow the U.S. to penalize individuals overseas who engage in cyberattacks and cyber spying.
No specific penalties were announced, but "declares a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States" posed by those outside the U.S. taking part in cyberattacks Read more...
More about Obama, President Obama, Cyber Security, Us World, and Politics
from Mashable http://ift.tt/1C7Uf2p
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment