Bill That Trump Is Vowing to Veto Strengthens Hacking Defenses, Lawmakers Say
News Highlights: Bill That Trump Is Vowing to Veto Strengthens Hacking Defenses, Lawmakers Say.
WASHINGTON – The military spending bill on which President Trump is threatening to veto includes provisions that would help protect against the kind of widespread Russian hacking discovered in recent days, experts and lawmakers said.
The annual defense authorization law, which Mr. Trump said on Thursday that he would veto, contains a series of recommendations from a bipartisan committee established by congress.
The recent hack on numerous federal agencies by Russia’s elite espionage service has shown the need for new defenses, key lawmakers said.
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