Australia to force businesses to reveal ransom payments to cyber thieves
SYDNEY — The Australian government says the practice of quietly paying off ransomware hackers has flourished, so Canberra wants to introduce new laws to force businesses to disclose payments made to cyber criminals. There have been major ransomware attacks on large telecommunications, private healthcare and financial companies in Australia in the past year. But authorities believe an untold amount of ransom money has paid to cybercriminals by other organizations where computer networks have been compromised. Читать дальше...