Federal SB4230 aims to protect stolen encrypted data by identifying and addressing sensitive data unlawfully held by foreign entities.
Federal SB4230, known as the Protecting Stolen Encrypted Data Act of 2026, mandates the development of strategies by the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to identify stolen sensitive data and classified information held by foreign entities. This includes determining if such data is encrypted and whether it has been decrypted. The bill allows for the destruction, manipulation, or recovery of this data if it is deemed to be in the economic and national security interest of the United States.
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