White House issues an Executive order to fight cybercrime and fraud, coordinating agencies and the private sector to disrupt transnational criminal networks 

The order mandates a comprehensive review and action plan to identify cyber-enabled criminal networks running activities such as ransomware attacks, phishing, impersonation scams and sextortion schemes, which the administration says are often coordinated by transnational organised crime groups. It also instructs federal agencies to prioritise prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud, enhance intelligence-sharing with private-sector cybersecurity firms, and use diplomatic pressure, sanctions, visa restrictions…