US officials close to persuading allies to not pay off ransomware crooks

Top White House officials are working to secure an agreement between almost 50 countries to not pay ransom demands to cybercriminals as the international Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) summit gets underway in Washington DC Tuesday. “This was a really big lift, and we’re still in the final throes of getting every last member to sign, but we’re pretty much there,”

Source: The Register

 


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