White House Rushes to Finish Cyber Order After China Hacks (1)

The Biden administration is racing to put out an executive order meant to shore up US cybersecurity in its dwindling days in office, according to four people familiar with the matter.

The executive order, which has cleared some internal hurdles and is close to being published, incorporates lessons from a series of major breaches during the Biden administration, including the most recent Treasury Department hack attributed to China, according people familiar with the matter who didn’t want to be named to discuss information that hasn’t yet been made public.

Among the measures, it directs the government to implement “strong ...