Task force calls for international action against ransomware
A group of 60 experts including the RCMP’s National Cyber Crime Coordination Unit has issued a detailed plan for fighting ransomware, calling on the governments around the world to take action. “Ransomware attacks will only continue to grow in size and severity unless there is a coordinated, comprehensive, public-private response,” the 80-page report says. “It will take nothing less than our total collective effort to mitigate the ransomware scourge.” It was created by a ransomware task force assembled by the U.S.-based Institute for Security and Technology. Members include experts ...