- Greater new legislation commits over $ 1 billion to us cyber offensives
- It is not clearly exactly what this is referring to but will probably target China
- This comes after significant cuts to cyber security
President Trump’s landmark ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ legislation includes plans to commit $ 1 billion in the next four years on unspecified “offensive cyber operations”.
Cyber-offensive operations typically include utilization of software errors to hack devices or implement spyware, intelligence collection or collect Internet traffic data (among many others).
It is not clear which tools or software would qualify, but the legislation notes that the funds would go to improve and improve the capacity of the US Indo-Pacific command that potentially focus on the United States’ largest geopolitical rival, China.
Changing focus
This comes, despite massive redundancies that a former NSA cyber security director has warned, will have a ‘devastating impact on cyber security’ and an unprecedented cut of over $ 1.2 billion to the federal cybersecurity budget -although some cuts have been partially turned, worker who was illegal.
The US government recently announced a break in cyber-offensive operations against Russia, which highlights the administration’s focus away from Eastern Europe and to China, especially considering the ongoing trade war against the state.
After this, US cyber security and infrastructure security agency (CISA) confirmed its commitment to defending themselves against all cyber threats, although the continued efforts to undermine and weaken the capacity of the cyber security team, whether they may be in protecting American infrastructure.
Senator Ron Wyden, Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed to Techcrunch Trump administration, “has cut funding for cyber security and government technology, leaving our country far open to attacks from foreign hackers.”
“Expansion of the US government’s hacking will largely invite retaliation-not only against federal agencies, but also hospitals in rural areas, local authorities and private companies that do not have a chance against nation-state shackers.”
