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Trump cybersecurity order faces test in San Francisco BTC-e trial

By Mike Swift ( March 9, 2026, 22:25 GMT | Comment) -- A new executive order from the White House says the US will take a hard line with “transnational criminal organizations” that launch ransomware and other cyberattacks. The order from President Donald Trump instructs the US attorney general to make the prosecution of cyberattackers a priority, and the first US Department of Justice test is a planned June trial in San Francisco against an alleged coordinator of the notorious BTC-e crypto exchange that laundered $9 billion from cyberattacks and other criminal activity. The US will launch a multi-prong, international assault on “transnational criminal organizations” that direct cyberattacks using ransomware and malware, phishing, financial fraud, "sextortion" and other schemes, under a new White House executive order....

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