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The US government steps up action against ransomware operators, while the UK’s NCSC publishes guidance on preparing to deal with a ransomware attack.

Pressure is mounting for companies and federal agencies to crack down on such cyberattacks.

The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to combat ransomware, as hackers find new ways to exploit the vulnerabilities of corporations and governments for big payoffs by threatening to disrupt critical infrastructure.

The meatpacking incident adds to a long list of brazen criminal attacks that have shut down businesses, government agencies, schools and hospitals.

“This will certainly be a topic of discussion, that harboring criminal entities that are intending to do harm, that are doing harm to the critical infrastructure in the United States, is not acceptable,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki ADVERTISEMENT She stressed that the administration had raised concerns over the multiple Russian-linked attacks on U.S. critical organizations with Moscow and that protecting critical infrastructure was “of the utmost national security importance.” ...

Scripps Health Attackers Stole PHI of 147,000 Patients Compliance HealthInfoSec) • June 3, 2021     Get Permission Scripps Health this week began notifying more than 147,000 individuals that their financial and health information was contained in documents stolen by attackers who deployed ransomware on the healthcare organizations network in May. In a statement Tuesday, San Diego-based Scripps Health says its invest...

Comments Wednesday were the most coordinated and forceful the White House has been about Russia allowing cybercrime within its borders.

Today’s Headlines and Commentary The Justice Department will give ransomware attack investigations a similar priority as terrorism, according to Reuters. New internal guidance at the department directs U.S. attorney’s offices around the nation to coordinate ransomware information with a central task force in Washington. This policy comes after two major ransomware attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and meat distributor JBS in the past month. The guidance reads, “To ensure we can make necess...

The White House says on Tuesday it has contacted Russia regarding the ransomware attack against JBS SA, the multinational meat producer. It's a positive sign of

After the ransomware attack against meat-processing giant JBS, the White House says it has contacted Russia, putting it on notice that "responsible states do