Obama to urge tech firms to share data with government

US President Barack Obama will ask tech firms to share more information with security services and each other to tackle cybercrime.

 

The White House confirmed ahead of a cybersecurity summit bringing together leading industry and law enforcement figures that the president would sign an executive order.

 

Besides Mr Obama, Apple’s Tim Cook is also due to speak at the conference.

 

Top Google, Yahoo and Facebook executives turned down invitations.

 

A rift has appeared between the president and senior industry figures over his calls for them to hand over more data.

 

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