The executive order specifies that a broad range of sensitive personal data can no longer be sold off to or shared with adversary nations. The administration noted that data brokers, knowingly or otherwise, often feed foreign intelligence services and scammers.
Much of the new cybersecurity strategy addresses critical infrastructure companies, which were already in the administration's crosshairs, but software creators are also facing the prospect of a much greater degree of liability than in the past.
The Biden administration is examining the possible national security risks of having thousands of Chinese smart cars on US roadways. One possibility is that all of these cars could be remotely disabled at once, but there are also data privacy concerns.
The president signed a bill that requires owner ByteDance to either divest itself of the massively popular app or have it removed from American app stores. National security concerns have driven this process forward, but ByteDance still has the right to challenge the action in court and any ban would be instituted no sooner than January 2025.
As ransomware attacks surge and hackers become increasingly bold, the Biden administration is forging ahead with a package of new measures that includes up to $10 million for information that leads to the identification of attackers that hit critical infrastructure.
Biden's Executive Order 14110 of Oct. 30, 2023 was aimed at developers of "the most powerful" AI systems. It required reporting of potential AI risks and sharing of results of their red-team safety tests with federal agencies.
The Biden administration will sign an executive order to bolster port cybersecurity with additional actions to enhance maritime cybersecurity, secure supply chains, and strengthen the US industrial base.
Big data in politics has become big news in the United Kingdom as the Guardian newspaper reports that the vote for the UK to leave the European Union saw two international companies manipulating public opinion through the use of big data mining techniques.
Headed up by Meta, a collection of the biggest names in tech and AI research has sent a letter to the European Union warning that EU decisions on regulating AI training threaten to hold the region back.
A "Ransomware Task Force" initiative led by the U.S. Department of Justice is including a broad coalition of big tech firms, as well as Europol and the UK National Crime Agency, in an effort to put an end to ransomware payments.










