{
  "id": 796242,
  "title": "White House Lets Private Firms Hack Cybercriminals—At Their Own Legal Risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/white-house-lets-private-firms-hack-cybercriminals-at-their-own-legal",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T18:26:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/375568/white-house-private-firms-hack-cybercriminals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that lets vetted U.S. companies carry out offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks. Here's what the program actually authorizes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}