Executive Order 13694 of April 1, 2015 – Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities

[Presidential documents] : “I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that the increasing prevalence and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat.”

80 FR 18077-79
Published 04-02-2015