administrativeExecutive OrderWashington, D.C., United Statesstable 90.0

Executive order targets cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on combating cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes against American citizens. The directive reorganized federal attention and enforcement priorities around cyber-enabled scams and digital predation, with broad implementation implications across agencies.

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Published

3/6/2026

Current public event date

Source base

1 sources

Evidence records attached to this event

Actor field

2 ranked

Actors currently scored in public view

Incident links

1

Analyses connected to this incident

Editorial note

Curated from the White House executive order on cybercrime and predatory schemes.

Event harm

55.2

Overall event-level harm score

Top culpability

33.3

President Donald Trump

Confidence

90.0

How stable the current public reading is

Top responsibility

60.4

Highest actor responsibility before event harm is applied

Event harm

Harm context

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Who is harmed

The people, communities, or institutions whose safety, rights, or daily conditions are changed by the event.

Rights or laws at risk

Administrative due process, privacy, public protections, and the scope of agency power are implicated.

Societal impact

The decision can quickly alter agency practice, compliance burdens, and the real-world risk carried by the people subject to it.

Overview

Highest ranked actor

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President Donald Trump

Rank #1 with the highest weighted culpability in the current public reading.

Culpability

33.3

Weighted contribution

Confidence

96.0

Attribution stability

Rank #1authorizerpersonUnited States

President Donald Trump

Ranked in the public field as a authorizer with a current responsibility band of meaningful.

stable 96.0

Responsibility

60.4

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

33.3

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

96.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

The executive order became operative through presidential signature, giving the presidency the primary authorizing role in the new enforcement posture.

1 evidence link

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Ranked actors

2

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Top actor

President Donald Trump

Highest-ranked actor in the current public reading.

Revisions

7

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Ranked field

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Rank #2planneragencyUnited States

Interagency anti-fraud tasking architects

Ranked in the public field as a planner with a current responsibility band of meaningful.

stable 84.0

Responsibility

58.0

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

32.0

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

84.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

The order depends on interagency planning and tasking, so the planners who structured the operational response hold meaningful secondary responsibility.

1 evidence link