Justice Department Implements Critical National Security Program to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Data From Foreign Adversaries

Excerpt:  “Today, the Justice Department took significant steps to move forward with implementing a critical program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans’ sensitive personal data to commit espionage and economic espionage, conduct surveillance and counterintelligence activities, develop AI and military capabilities, and otherwise undermine our national security. The Data Security Program implemented by the National Security Division (NSD) under Executive Order 14117 addresses this ‘unusual and extraordinary threat…to the national security and foreign policy of the United States’ that has been repeatedly recognized across political parties and by all three branches of government.”