Australia drops plans to ban ransomware payments in new national cyber strategy

Australia’s government dropped plans to ban businesses from making ransomware payments as part of its revamped national cybersecurity strategy released on Wednesday, opting instead to introduce a mandatory reporting obligation. The strategy — published almost a year after the idea of criminalizing payments was touted by Clare O’Neil, the minister for home affairs and cybersecurity

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