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.

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.

  • dan1101@lemm.ee
    10·
    11 months ago

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

    • wildginger
      61·
      11 months ago

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