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White House Releases National Security Presidential Memorandum on Expanding Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime

Inside Privacy (Covington) · · International · Privacy Law

On August 12, 2026, the Administration published a National Security Presidential Memorandum (“NSPM”) (“Expanding Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime”) that signals the Administration’s focus on private-sector participation in offensive cyber operations by establishing a federally supervised program to enable private sector participants to conduct offensive cyber operations against “Cyber-Enabled Transnational Criminal Organizations” (“CE-TCOs”). ... Continue Reading…

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