Washington is right: Cybercrime is organized crime. Now we need to shut down the business model

The author analyzes a recent executive order that labels cyber-enabled fraud as transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), arguing this legal framing enables broader responses — from diplomacy and sanctions to potential offensive cyber operations — and calls for coordinated public-private action to dismantle the industrial-scale infrastructure enabling global cybercrime while stressing the need for improved basic security hygiene across organizations.