Commerce Dept. official reveals botnet report to be made public under Trump order

A Commerce Department official indicated for the first time that a report on defending against automated cyber attacks, or botnets, is expected to be publicly released under a May deadline set by a cybersecurity executive order signed last year by President Trump.

“Everyone is saying it’s going to be delivered to the public on May 11 too,” said National Telecommunications and Information Administration Project Manager Megan Doscher, speaking on Friday at a meeting of an advisory board to the National...