Also on the same date, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14390, “Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens.” The EO directs federal agencies to immediately review their existing policy to address cyber threats such as ransomware, malware, phishing, financial fraud, extortion and impersonation schemes. It also seeks to combat transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and foreign regimes that provide “willing or tacit state support” to cybercrime. Pursuant to the EO, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Office of the National Cyber Director, and the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor, will within 60 days, “review the relevant operational, technical, diplomatic, and regulatory frameworks in place to determine how each can be improved to best combat TCOs engaged in cyber-enabled crime and similar predatory schemes against Americans,” and within 120 days, “submit to the president an action plan that identifies the TCOs responsible for scam centers and cybercrime and proposes solutions to prevent, disrupt, investigate, and dismantle these TCOs.” This action plan “shall provide for the creation of an operational cell within the National Coordination Center (NCC).”
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