White House pours cold water on cyber ‘letters of marque’ speculation

(Alexander Martin – The Record) The Trump administration is not considering cyber “letters of marque” or allowing private companies to carry out cyberattacks on behalf of the U.S. government, senior White House officials said this week, pushing back on growing speculation about the role of industry in U.S. cyber operations. Thomas Lind, a senior adviser at the Office of the National Cyber Director, acknowledged at the Prague Cyber Security Conference on Tuesday that the administration’s four-page national cyber strategy, unveiled earlier this month, called for a more aggressive approach against criminal networks and adversarial governments. – White House pours cold water on cyber ‘letters of marque’ speculation | The Record from Recorded Future News