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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.” “We believe that responsible states do not harbor ransomware criminals,” Psaki said. The concern...