Subj : Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" set to award $1 billion funding
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Jul 16 2025 21:00:10

Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" set to award $1 billion funding to 
"offensive cyber operations"

Date:
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:47:00 +0000

Description:
Security spending may be slashed, but cyber offensives are getting a boost 
from Trump bill.

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new legislation commits over $1billion to US cyber offensives It's not clear 
exactly what this refers to, but will most likely target China This comes 
after significant cuts to cybersecurity 

President Trumps landmark One Big Beautiful Bill legislation includes plans 
to commit $1billion over the next four years on unspecified "offensive cyber 
operations". 

Cyber-offensive operations typically include exploiting flaws in software to 
hack devices or deploy spyware, intelligence gathering, or collecting 
internet traffic data (among many others). 

Its not clear what tools or software would qualify, but the legislation notes 
that the funds would go towards enhancing and improving the capabilities of 
the US Indo-Pacific Command, potentially focusing on the USs biggest 
geopolitical rival, China. 

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This comes despite mass federal layoffs that a former NSA cybersecurity 
director has warned will have a devastating impact on cybersecurity  and an 
unprecedented cut of over $1.2 billion to the federal cybersecurity budget - 
although some cuts have been partially reversed since a federal court ruled 
the firing of 130 workers unlawful. 

The US government recently announced a pause in cyber-offensive operations 
against Russia , which highlights the administrations focus away from eastern 
Europe and onto China, especially considering the ongoing trade war against 
the state. 

Following this, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 
(CISA) reaffirmed its commitment to defending against all cyberthreats, 
although the continued efforts to undermine and weaken cybersecurity teams 
capabilities, however counter-productive that may be in protecting US 
infrastructure. 

Senator Ron Wyden, member of the Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed to 
TechCrunch the Trump administration, has slashed funding for cybersecurity 
and government technology and left our country wide open to attack by foreign 
hackers. 

Vastly expanding U.S. government hacking is going to invite retaliation  not 
just against federal agencies, but also rural hospitals, local governments 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-gives
-usd1-billion-in-funding-to-offensive-cyber-operations


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