Obama Signs Cyber Security Executive Order

Published February 12, 2013 9:16pm ET



At tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama will announce that he has signed a cyber security executive order.

“America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks.  We know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private e-mail.  We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets.  Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, and our air traffic control systems.  We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy,” Obama will say, according to prepared remarks.

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