{
  "id": 803173,
  "title": "Donald Trump empowers US private companies to conduct cyber-attacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/donald-trump-empowers-us-private-companies-to-conduct-cyber-attacks",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-13T19:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/donald-trump-private-companies-cyber-attack"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President signed memorandum giving private sector a role in fighting ‘transnational criminal organizations’ Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that aims to give private companies the power to carry out offensive cyber-attacks against foreign criminal entities. The president signed a national security presidential memorandum directing his administration to “leverage the capability and…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Donald Trump empowers US private companies to conduct cyber-attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/donald-trump-empowers-us-private-companies-to-conduct-cyber-attacks-845726",
        "published": "2026-08-13T19:21:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump memo allows private sector to aid cyber offense against transnational criminal groups",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/trump-memo-allows-private-sector-to-aid-cyber-offense-against",
        "published": "2026-08-13T20:21:39.000Z"
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  "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."
}