Trump guts digital ID rules, claims they help 'illegal aliens' commit fraud

This article reports that President Trump signed an executive order rolling back portions of a Biden-era cybersecurity directive, eliminating digital ID initiatives intended to combat identity fraud and replacing mandatory secure software development attestations for federal vendors with voluntary guidance via a NIST-led consortium. Industry and policy experts argue the changes will slow adoption of secure-by-design practices, weaken supply-chain security, and benefit nation-state and criminal fraud operations, while calling for a more robust national strategy on digital identity and anti-fraud.