President Obama signed an executive order allowing targeted sanctions on anyone deemed a cyberthreat to the United States. The sanctions include freezing any assets located in the US, and blocking potential threats from entering the country. Anyone who steals trade secrets from American companies or defrauds regular people by stealing their personal info to the point where their actions screw with the economy could now get officially squeezed by the US government. This means if it turns out one ornery North Korean who hates James Franco was behind the Sony hack, the US would be able to specifically sanction that guy.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/obama-if-you-cyberattack-the-us-well-sanction-you-1695021616