President Donald Trump just put every cybercriminal syndicate in the world on notice: if you target American citizens, the full weight of the United States government is coming for you.
In a bold executive order signed Thursday, the Commander-in-Chief launched a comprehensive federal offensive against the transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) that have been bleeding American families dry through ransomware attacks, phishing schemes, financial fraud, and the sickening "sextortion" campaigns destroying the lives of our youth.
This is what America First looks like in action, folks.
"Cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes are draining American families of their life savings, stealing the benefits of years of work, and destroying the lives of our youth," the executive order declares in its opening lines.
No mealy-mouthed bureaucratic language here. No committees to study the problem for another decade. President Trump is ordering his cabinet secretaries – including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem – to deliver an action plan within 120 days to "prevent, disrupt, investigate, and dismantle" these criminal networks.
The order establishes an operational cell within the National Coordination Center specifically tasked with hunting down foreign cybercriminals who prey on American citizens, businesses, and critical infrastructure. This isn't just defense – it's offense.
Perhaps the most significant provision targets the foreign regimes that provide "willing or tacit state support" to these criminal enterprises. We all know which countries we're talking about here.
Secretary Rubio has been directed to engage with foreign governments and demand enforcement actions against TCOs operating within their borders. Nations that refuse to cooperate? They'll face consequences including:
That's right – foreign diplomats who are complicit in schemes targeting Americans will be sent packing. Try getting that kind of backbone from the Biden administration, which spent four years kowtowing to every hostile foreign power on the planet.
Here's the provision that should make every American who's been victimized by these scammers stand up and cheer: Attorney General Pam Bondi has 90 days to establish a Victims Restoration Program designed to return seized and forfeited funds directly to the Americans who were robbed.
Source: Next News Network
