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Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments

7 pointsby beardyw4 months ago

3 comments

bigfatkitten4 months ago
I'm struggling to understand how making ransom payments complied with any of the financial rules governing those organisations in the first place.
Over2Chars4 months ago
It&#x27;s a great idea, I hope it works.<p>It would test the hypothesis that payments, and more specifically <i>insurance</i> payments, are driving this epidemic of attacks.
JSTrading4 months ago
It&#x27;s completely unacceptable that taxpayer money is being used to pay ransomware demands in the first place.