{
  "id": 800023,
  "title": "The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/the-trump-admin-will-start-letting-private-firms-launch-international",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T18:56:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/policy/979734/trump-administration-cybercrime-private-firms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Trump administration is launching a new program that will allow private firms to perform cyberattacks against foreign criminals, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The private firms would operate \"under the control and oversight\" of the federal government, giving them permission to surveil and disrupt criminal networks, according to a presidential memorandum published on Wednesday. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}