Trump plan taps US firms to fight foreign cybercrime

Most of the time, when I warn you about cybercriminals, I focus on how you can stop them before they get into your accounts or steal your money.

Now the U.S. government wants to take the fight closer to some foreign criminal organizations behind cyber-enabled crime.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum that creates a framework for vetted private U.S. companies to conduct cyber operations against certain foreign criminal groups.

The federal government would direct and oversee those operations.

The memorandum allows two broad types of activity.

Companies could secretly collect intelligence from targeted computer systems.

With federal approval, they could also manipulate, disrupt, deny access to, degrade or destroy systems and digital infrastructure that targeted criminal organizations control.

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