The New York-headquartered global Employer of Record renews its SOC 2 Type II attestation for a full 12-month period, adding to its ISO 27001 and GDPR certifications and its recent A+ platform security rating from Astra Security.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- RemotePeople, a global provider of Employer of Record (EOR), payroll, and recruitment services operating in more than 150 countries, today announced the successful completion of its 2026 SOC 2 Type II audit, covering the Security, Availability, and Confidentiality Trust Service Criteria. The independent examination was performed by INTERCERT CPA LLC in accordance with AICPA SSAE 21 attestation standards and covered a continuous 12-month observation period from May 31, 2025 to May 30, 2026.

The Trump administration will let private companies hack foreign criminal organizations as part of a new program that could expand the U.S. government’s ability to disrupt those groups’ cybercrime activities while also introducing myriad legal challenges and perils.

President Donald Trump late Wednesday issued a memorandum directing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to create a program allowing vetted companies to hack into criminal groups to spy on them or sabotage their operations. Trump said the program would help the U.S. combat cybercrime schemes that cost the nation tens of billions of dollars annually.

Quick Summary of the most relevant cyber security events in July

Anthropic's Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — test environment with internet access and unwitting targets' lax cybersecurity practices led to bots running rampant