Top federal officials teased an upcoming executive order to improve federal cybersecurity in the wake of two major international hacking incidents. Meanwhile, Epic Games filed a complaint about Apple\u2019s \u201cmonopolistic\u201d aspects with a British watchdog group, and a top Facebook official announced his departure.<\/p>\n
ORDER INCOMING:\u00a0<\/strong>Officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday said that the Biden administration is working on \u201cclose to a dozen\u201d action items to be included in an upcoming executive order meant to strengthen federal cybersecurity in the wake of two major breaches.<\/p>\n \u201cWe continue to work urgently to make the investments necessary, and the administration is working on close to a dozen actions for an upcoming executive order,\u201d a senior DHS official told reporters during a phone call.<\/p>\n The comments were made as the Biden administration continues to grapple with the fallout from both the SolarWinds hack, which U.S. intelligence officials have assessed was \u201clikely\u201d carried out by Russian operatives, and from the newly discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft\u2019s Exchange Server application that was initially exploited by a Chinese hacking group.<\/p>\n