Obama administration to renegotiate rules for ‘intrusion software’

From: The Hill

By Katie Bo Williams

The Obama administration is telling lawmakers that it will seek to renegotiate certain portions of a 41-nation agreement designed to keep hacking tools out of the hands of repressive regimes.

The reversal follows months of pressure from the technology community and lawmakers, who warned the vague definitions within the agreement would restrict companies’ ability to use legitimate tools to test and fortify their own defenses.

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