WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and cabinet officials held a roundtable at the White House on Wednesday to highlight the administration’s progress in combating cybercrime, including preventing $1.6 billion in losses and cracking down on sexual extortion.
\n\nDuring a roundtable in the East Room, Trump and members of his administration updated Americans on their efforts, which included actions Trump took earlier this year.
\n\n“Federal law enforcement has been able to warn over 10,000 Americans targeted for victimization, and we prevented $1.6 billion in losses at least this year,” Trump said.
\n\n“Federal law enforcement has also frozen nearly $1 billion of cyber currency… tied to foreign scammers, shut down more than 500 fraudulent websites, and coordinated with technology companies to disrupt millions and millions of online accounts used by foreign criminals,” he added.
\n\nTrump emphasized that his team is also zeroing in on “sexual extortion rackets,” including through first lady Melania Trump-championed Take It Down Act.
\n\n“Our administration is also aggressively confronting the sexual extortion rackets that have wrecked the lives of too many young people, and in some cases even tragically led victims to take their own lives, commit suicide,” he said.
\n\n“This has been a top priority for our wonderful first…
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