Cyber Operations Against Cartels: Boosting US Southern Border Security and Trafficking Disruption.
This law authorizes the Department of Defense to conduct cyber operations, including detection and monitoring, specifically targeting Mexican transnational criminal organizations. The goal is to disrupt the digital infrastructure used for illegal drug, weapons, and human trafficking across the southern border, thereby enhancing national security. While expanding military capabilities in cyberspace, the act explicitly maintains existing protections against collecting information on US citizens.
Key points
The US military (Department of Defense) is authorized to use cyber operations to counter criminal organizations involved in smuggling drugs, weapons, and human trafficking across the southern border.
The focus is on disrupting the digital activities and presence of these criminal groups, including those listed by the DEA.
The DoD must develop a strategy and report quarterly to Congress on all operations conducted, ensuring existing privacy rules for US persons remain in force.
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