Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals, US says

https://www.reuters.com/technology/alliance-40-countries-vow-not-pay-ransom-cybercriminals-us-says-2023-10-31/

Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on Tuesday.

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joshuanozzi@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
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dan1101@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I assume this still won't stop companies and state/local governments from paying.

wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one · 5 pts · 2y

Hack the right server and I dont think it will stop these federal governments from paying.

HuBBie36@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

Have they thought of the shareholders?