Australia unveils a A$587M seven-year cyber resilience plan that includes cyber health checks for small businesses and mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks
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The White House unveils cyber initiatives to bolster K-12 schools' defenses, including up to $200M over three years from the FCC, amid rising ransomware attacks
The US and the UK sanction seven people based in Russia, with likely FSB ties, connected to the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan
on par with terrorism and military crisis between states. Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk : Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK Maggie Miller / Politico : U.S., U.K. sanction Russian hacke...
The White House welcomes officials from 36 countries, the EU, and private companies for a two-day summit on ransomware attacks, the second such event
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Experts say Russia could use cryptocurrency tools to lessen the impact of US sanctions, including a forthcoming digital ruble and spoils from ransomware attacks
or Russia Allison Morrow / CNN : Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin Jessica Sier / Australian Financial Review : Russia could use crypto to evade sanctions B...
Experts say Russia could use cryptocurrency to minimize the impact of US sanctions, including a forthcoming digital ruble and spoils from ransomware attacks
Russian companies have many cryptocurrency tools at their disposal to evade sanctions, including a so-called digital ruble and ransomware.
Biden warns Putin in a call that the US “will take any necessary action” to defend its people and critical infrastructure, after the latest ransomware attacks
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US DOJ says it is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack
the federal government — is (inarguably) for. https://twitter.com/... Chris Krebs / @c_c_krebs : This is a positive indication that we're getting serious about stopping ransomware. Much more needs to ...
US DOJ says it is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack
The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack …
Group of 19 security firms and tech companies including Microsoft and McAfee form Ransomware Task Force to develop a standard framework to deal with ransomware
The newly-founded Ransomware Task Force will work to put together a standard framework for dealing with ransomware attacks.