Trump Pledges Action on Cybercrime and Cyberspace Threats

Trump Signs Executive Order and Publishes Cyberspace Strategy David Perera (@daveperera) • March 6, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing federal prosecutors, cyber defense officials and diplomats to ramp up efforts to combat cybercriminal gangs.

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The order pledges action in dismantling transnational criminal organizations behind scam centers. Romance scams using trafficked and forced workers to perpetuate romance scams run mainly from compounds in Southeast Asia have earned cybercrime bosses tens of billions of dollars per year (see: Breach Roundup: Cambodia Scam Center Crackdown).

The order directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud and scam schemes, the homeland security secretary to buttress state and local resilience against cyberthreats and the secretary of state to use diplomatic tools such as sanctions, visa restrictions and limits on foreign assistance ...