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Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Cybercrime With Coordinated Federal Push

The directive sets near-term deadlines for agency reviews plus a victims-restoration recommendation to jump-start an operational plan.

Overview

  • The order launches a 60-day review of operational, technical, diplomatic, and regulatory tools to counter transnational cyber-enabled crime.
  • Within 120 days, agencies must deliver an action plan that names the TCOs behind scam centers and stands up an operational cell inside the National Coordination Center to coordinate disruption with industry.
  • The Attorney General must prioritize prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud and, within 90 days, recommend a Victims Restoration Program to return seized or forfeited funds.
  • DHS, through CISA, is directed to support state, local, Tribal, and territorial partners with training, technical assistance, threat intelligence sharing, and infrastructure hardening.
  • The Secretary of State is tasked to press foreign governments and, where warranted, pursue consequences such as targeted sanctions, visa restrictions, aid limits, trade penalties, or expulsion of complicit officials, as the White House cites $12.5 billion in 2024 consumer losses.