Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” set to award $1 billion funding to “offensive cyber operations”

Major 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 Trump's 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). It's not clear what tools or software would qualify, but the legislation notes that the funds would go towards enhancing and improving…