The Trump administration issued an executive order directing a whole-of-government effort to disrupt transnational criminal organizations and scam centers, requiring agencies to produce a 120-day action plan and establishing a Victim Restoration Program to return seized funds to victims. The order also creates an operational cell within the National Coordination Center, leverages private-sector cyber threat intelligence, and authorizes diplomatic and punitive measures against foreign governments that shelter these criminal networks. #VictimRestorationProgram #ScamCenterStrikeForce
Keypoints
- The executive order directs multiple agencies to produce a 120-day action plan to prevent, disrupt, investigate, and dismantle transnational criminal organizations.
- A Victim Restoration Program must be created within 90 days to return funds seized from criminal networks to victims of cyber-enabled fraud.
- An operational cell within the National Coordination Center will coordinate federal efforts across State, Treasury, Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice Departments.
- The order authorizes use of commercial cybersecurity firms’ technical capabilities and threat intelligence to improve attribution, tracking, and disruption of malicious actors.
- The administration will pursue diplomatic and punitive measures — including sanctions, visa restrictions, trade penalties, and expulsions — against countries that refuse to act against scam centers.
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