Someone can treat a little “the best defense is a good crime” a little too seriously. Despite the efforts of Trump’s administration to reduce the US government expenditure through mass layoffs, budget cuts and any performance in the field of performance, they can provide services coded by cyber criminals, which cannot legally drink alcohol, the controversial “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” provides $ 1 billion for “offensive cyber space”.
TechCrunch Reported Monday that HR 1 – the bill so extensive that Congress.gov warns This attempt to load it XML/HTML “may take a few minutes or may not react the browser” – it is unclear as to how these $ 1 billion will be spent. We only know “that the money will be intended to improve and improve the possibility of the American Indo-Pacific Command” and are to be issued for four years.
There is a lens with which motivation to commit to additional support for offensive cybernetic operations, especially if they are addressed to China and its allies, can be clearly seen. This administration turned out to be more than willing to provoke other countries (and continents) from January. The conflict with China was also the basis of Trump’s first term, as well as the inconsistency with which various regulations and restrictions were applied.
China is also responsible for more than a fair participation in these “offensive cybernetic operations”. As I noticed in my post of July 11 about the Czech Republic prohibiting Deepseek because of the company’s relationship with the Chinese government, Crowdstrike he said At the beginning of this year, “China-Nexus opponents continued to operate in every sector and region around the world, maintaining the scope of these activities, while increasing their scale” in 2024.
So he follows Trump’s administration to get involved in a cybercriminter. The question is what happens when China’s activity increases in response – especially since the restriction of defensive cyberspace.
Cso online Reported On July 9, “Trump’s budget application requires a reduction of expenditure on cyber security in civil agencies, which is a reduction of $ 1.23 billion or a 10% decrease in cyber expenditure at 2026 compared to 2024 levels.” Axios Today Reported The fact that the American Cybernetic Safety Agency and Infrastructure Safety was particularly complex and has already lost about a third of the workforce since the Trump office was taken.
These cuts do not always seem motivated by cautious expenses. Actions with the participation of in particular CISA often seemed criminal and the Trump administration suspension of safety permits For Sentinelone employees in April simply because the company employed the former director of Cis Chris Krebs, who gave up the function of the director of intelligence and public policy in a thinly embarrassed offer to remove the goal from the company’s back.
Forgive the comparison of football, but Philadelphia Eagles has not won the Super Bowl Lix, increasing his expenses for crime, while actively undermining their defense. They won that they did not pretend that Patrick Mahomes was surrounded by the Magic Force field, which prevents anyone from fighting him … ERM, that is, making experienced investments on both sides of the ball. HR 1 seems more like Bengals Cincinnati: all crime, without defense.
Of course, there are much higher rates when it comes to cyber criminals than in every football match. But that’s why it is a reason for concern. It can be fun watching Bengals, even though Joe Burrow, Ja’marr Chase and Tee Higgins are amazing offensive players. It is not fun at all to a further threat to critical infrastructure, innocent people and American companies on personal feud.
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