US bans government agencies from using spyware ‘operationally’ as national security concerns grow

President Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive order banning US government agencies from using invasive commercial hacking tools that are deemed a threat to US national security or are implicated in human rights abuses.

​President Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive order banning US government agencies from using invasive commercial hacking tools that are deemed a threat to US national security or are implicated in human rights abuses.