{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/hillicon-valley-biden-gives-tiktok-and-wechat-a-reprieve-colonial-pipeline-ceo-addresses-congress-again-thomson-reuters-shareholders-want-review-of-ice-ties/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Hillicon Valley: Biden gives TikTok and WeChat a reprieve | Colonial Pipeline CEO addresses Congress again | Thomson Reuters shareholders want review of ICE ties","slug":"hillicon-valley-biden-gives-tiktok-and-wechat-a-reprieve-colonial-pipeline-ceo-addresses-congress-again-thomson-reuters-shareholders-want-review-of-ice-ties","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:31:29.052394","publishDate":"2021-06-09 17:51:41-04:00","feedName":"Image Recognition","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://thehill.com/policy/technology/overnights/557658-hillicon-valley-biden-replaces-trump-executive-orders-targeting"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>The Colonial Pipeline CEO testified that the company may use the recovered funds paid out to cyber criminals as part of last month’s ransomware attack to increase cybersecurity.\nADVERTISEMENTABOUT THAT BAN: President Biden has replaced former President Trump’s executive orders that sought to ban downloads of the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat in the U.S., the White House said on Wednesday.\nBiden reversed orders put in place by Trump that targeted TikTok, WeChat and eight other communications and financial software applications.\nCOLONIAL FACES THE MUSIC, PART TWO: Colonial Pipeline may use the recovered funds paid out to cyber criminals as part of a ransomware attack last month to increase cybersecurity, company president and CEO Joseph Blount said Wednesday.\n“I hope Colonial will use the recouped money to make necessary improvements to its cybersecurity.”Read more about Blount’s comments here.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"hillicon-valley-biden-gives-tiktok-and-wechat-a-reprieve-colonial-pipeline-ceo-addresses-congress-again-thomson-reuters-shareholders-want-review-of-ice-ties"}}}