# Justice Manual § 9-51.100: Cyber and Cyber-Enabled Crimes Requiring Enhanced Coordination and Deconfliction

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-51.100

## Section

- **Citation:** Justice Manual § 9-51.100
- **Heading:** Cyber and Cyber-Enabled Crimes Requiring Enhanced Coordination and Deconfliction
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** DOJ Justice Manual / Title 9: Criminal / 9-51.000 - Cyber and Cyber-Enabled Crimes / Justice Manual § 9-51.100

## Text

Due to the nature of certain threats in cyber space, some cyber and cyber-enabled crimes require enhanced coordination and deconfliction requirements, as described in Section
9-51.101
. These include investigations into cyber and cyber-enabled crimes where:

a computer or network is the target of criminal action (
e.g.,
computer intrusions, large-scale breaches, damage to computer, ransomware and digital extortation, botnets, and denial of service attacks); or
online platforms or digital assets are central to the commission of the offense (
e.g.
, investigations of bulletproof hosting, counter antivirus services, and darknet or online criminal markets; investigations into criminal digital asset exchanges, mixers, tumblers, stablecoin or token issuers, or other decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms (including instances in which the provider or platform is a target of, or a victim in, the investigation); significant crimes targeting digital asset service providers or other DeFi platforms; and significant digital asset theft and fraud schemes).

By contrast, Section
9-51.101
does not apply to the investigation of child exploitation crimes, crimes where criminals primarily use online technology as a means of communication or coordination (
e.g.
, drug trafficking organizations or gangs that use social media accounts), or internet-enabled fraud crimes that lack an above-described digital asset nexus or a known computer intrusion (
e.g.
, business email compromises (BECs) not known to result from a larger network intrusion).

[added August 2023]

## Nearby sections

- [Justice Manual § 9-51.100 Cyber and Cyber-Enabled Crimes Requiring Enhanced Coordination and Deconfliction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-51.100.md)
- [Justice Manual § 9-51.101 Notification, Deconfliction, and Reports for Applicable Cyber and Cyber-Enabled Crime Investigations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S9-51.101.md)

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