President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump signed an order Wednesday authorizing select private companies to carry out government-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign criminal hacking groups – actions that have until now been the domain of U.S. national security agencies.The memorandum enables the government to contract with U.S. firms to hack into and disrupt overseas digital networks belonging to “cyber-enabled transnational criminal organizations.”The memo stipulates that the companies, under the supervision of the federal…