WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th March, 2019) The United States has extended the national emergency over malicious cyber-related activities that continue to present a major threat to national security, US President Donald Trump announced in a notice.
"These significant malicious cyber-enabled activities continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States," Trump said in the notice on Tuesday. "For this reason, the national emergency declared on April 1, 2015, must continue in effect beyond April 1, 2019."
Trump said the threat is posed by the increasing prevalence and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by people outside the United States.
"Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13694, as amended by Executive Order 13757," Trump said.
The cyber emergency was first declared by Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama in 2015, the notice said.
