{"id":2644362,"date":"2026-08-13T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-deploys-private-companies-to-help-crack-down-on-cybercrime\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:03:32","slug":"white-house-deploys-private-companies-to-help-crack-down-on-cybercrime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-deploys-private-companies-to-help-crack-down-on-cybercrime\/","title":{"rendered":"White House deploys private companies to help crack down on cybercrime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-deploys-private-companies-to-help-crack-down-on-cybercrime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The white house plans to collaborate with vetted private companies in the United States to combat cybersecurity breaches caused by transnational criminal organizations. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing his administration to involve the private sector in the country&#8217;s cyber offensive efforts against foreign threats. This initiative aims to enhance national security by leveraging private companies for cyber surveillance and operations against cybercriminal groups, overseen by officials from the Department of Justice and Homeland Security.Participating companies will undergo rigorous vetting and operate under strict federal supervision. The focus areas include ransomware, phishing, financial fraud, sextortion, and impersonation scams, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-living-unhealthy-lives-on-government-health-care-just-got-put-on-notice-by-rfk-jr\/\" title=\"People Living Unhealthy Lives on Government Health Care Just Got Put on Notice by RFK Jr\">disproportionately affect vulnerable populations<\/a> like seniors, children, and low-income individuals.This move reflects a broader effort to address the rising tide of foreign cyber-enabled crimes, which caused Americans to lose over $20 billion in the previous year. The program&#8217;s specific participants are yet to be announced.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8767\">White House<\/a> intends to use private companies in the United States to help crack down on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cybersecurity\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"257\">cybersecurity<\/a> breaches perpetrated by transnational criminal organizations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> signed a memorandum on Wednesday, directing his administration to employ the private sector in the nation\u2019s escalating cyber offensive against foreign threats.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4686087\/white-house-private-company-cybersecurity-foreign-threats-phishing-ransomware\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House deploys private companies to help crack down on cybersecurity breaches<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4685983\/judge-postpone-court-hearing-tate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge postpones court hearing for Tate brothers after Miami arrest<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4685782\/officer-new-orleans-mass-shooting-plot-released\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ex-officer accused in New Orleans mass shooting plot released without charges<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy partnering with vetted United States companies subject to the direction and oversight of the Federal Government, we will enhance our ability to counter TCO threats and combat transnational cybercrime, fraud, and other predatory schemes against American citizens,\u201d the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/08\/expanding-capabilities-to-combat-transnational-cyber-enabled-crime\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/08\/expanding-capabilities-to-combat-transnational-cyber-enabled-crime\/\">national security presidential memorandum<\/a> states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official document tasks the Homeland Security Task Force\u2019s National Coordination Center with creating a program to enlist companies for \u201ccyber surveillance operations\u201d and \u201ccyber effects operations\u201d against foreign cyber-enabled transnational criminal organizations. To participate in the program, private companies will enter into contractual agreements with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"438\">Department of Justice<\/a> or the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The companies will \u201cundergo rigorous vetting\u201d as they conduct limited cyber operations at the behest of the federal government, according to the memo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cyber operations will be overseen by two co-executive directors, one from the DOJ and another from DHS. Any actions the companies take will be exclusively conducted under the federal government\u2019s supervision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It remains to be seen which organizations will participate in the Trump administration\u2019s cybersecurity efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2026\/08\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-expands-capabilities-to-combat-transnational-cyber-enabled-crime\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2026\/08\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-expands-capabilities-to-combat-transnational-cyber-enabled-crime\/\">fact sheet<\/a> for the memo lists ransomware attacks, phishing campaigns, financial fraud, sextortion schemes, and impersonation scams as areas of focus. These types of cyberattacks disproportionately target senior citizens, children, and low-income families living in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4674674\/senate-democrats-letter-trump-administration-advanced-ai-models\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4674674\/senate-democrats-letter-trump-administration-advanced-ai-models\/\">SENATE DEMOCRATS ASK TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR ANSWERS ON ADVANCED AI MODELS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s move shows his administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >aggressively combating foreign cyber-enabled crimes<\/a>, which are on the rise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American consumers lost more than $20.8 billion to cyber-enabled crime last year, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/AnnualReport\/Reports\/2025_IC3Report.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/AnnualReport\/Reports\/2025_IC3Report.pdf\">FBI\u2019s 2025 Internet Crime Report<\/a>. In 2024, total losses stemming from cyber-enabled crime amounted to roughly $16.6 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House to Use Private Firms Against Cyber Threats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2644364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26222702074893_32c7b1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46819,19536,61489,83628,32127],"class_list":["post-2644362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cybercrime","tag-cybersecurity","tag-digital-security","tag-private-companies","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26222702074893_32c7b1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644362"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644366,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644362\/revisions\/2644366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}