Cybersecurity
Biden Aims to Stop Countries From Exploiting Americans’ Data for Blackmail, Espionage
- Concern about countries accessing US data through legal means
- White House worried about AI being used to mine information
Joe Biden
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The Biden administration is preparing an executive order that seeks to prevent foreign adversaries from accessing troves of highly sensitive personal data about Americans and people connected to the US government, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg News.
The administration plans to soon unveil the new executive order, which will direct the US Attorney General and Department of Homeland Security to issue new restrictions on transactions involving data that, if obtained, could threaten national security, according to three people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named as the details are still private.