The leaders of some of the nation’s largest companies will meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss ways to improve cybersecurity, Bloomberg News reported late Monday.
Apple Inc.
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Chief Executive Tim Cook, Amazon.com Inc.
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CEO Andy Passy and Microsoft Corp.
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CEO Satya Nadella plan to attend the White House meeting, according to Bloomberg. The CEOs of Alphabet Inc.
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IBM Corp.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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and Southern Co.
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have also reportedly been invited.
The chief topic is said to be improving security in both the private and government sectors, following a spate of damaging hacks and ransomware attacks in recent months.
The meeting comes as some of those companies — namely Apple, Alphabet and Amazon — find themselves in the cross-hairs of federal antitrust investigations.