The Trump Administration Just Threw Out America’s Rules for Cyberweapons
U.S. cyberstrategy needs updating, but this isn’t the way to do it.
By Patrick Barry | August 21, 2018, 1:35 PM
Quietly, in a week dominated by other news, the Trump administration has taken the United States’ purported rules for using cyberweapons and thrown them out the window.
As reported in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order on Aug. 15 reversing a set of classified guidelines “that had mapped out an elaborate interagency process that must be followed before U.S. use of cyberattacks, particularly those geared at foreign adversaries.†The change, a Trump administration official said, represents “an offensive step forward.â€
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/21/the-trump-administration-just-threw-out-americas-rules-for-cyberweapons/
