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

A March 2026 CyberScoop feed highlights a shift in U.S. policy and the evolving cyber threat landscape: an executive order labels cyber-enabled fraud as transnational organized crime and urges disruption of the criminal business model; Booz Allen warns that threat actors are adopting AI faster than defenders, compressing response time; and ransomware is moving toward straight data extortion. Notable incidents and enforcement actions include a suspected Iranian-linked attack on medical device maker Stryker, the takedown of the SocksEscort proxy/botnet (compromised routers/IoT in 163 countries,~