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Trump admin empowers private US firms to go after transnational cybercriminals (www.nextgov.com)
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Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/expanding-capabilities-to-combat-transnational-cyber-enabled-crime/

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque

A letter of marque and reprisal was a government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a foreign state at war with the issuer, licensing international military operations against a specified enemy as reprisal for a previous attack or injury. Captured naval prizes were judged before the government's admiralty court for condemnation and transfer of ownership to the privateer.