With Executive Order, Cyber Criminals Join Terrorists, Traffickers on Sanctions List

President Obama signed an Executive Order empowering the U.S. Treasury to sanction individuals and entities involved in malicious cyber-enabled activities that threaten U.S. security or economic health. The article explains that sanctions can target actors who damage critical infrastructure, conduct disruptive DDoS attacks, steal trade secrets or personal and financial data, or provide material support to cyber criminals, and it references prior sanctions and prosecutions as examples of the Administration's broader response.