Ransomware Experts See Problems With Banning Ransom Payments

Would Criminals Care? Might Victims Still Pay? Would Hospitals Be Exempt?
As the damage caused by ransomware and profits flowing to attackers reaches record levels, a panel of cybersecurity and policy experts reviewed what it might take to ban ransom payments and whether such a ban might take a bite out of cybercrime or have unwelcome consequences.

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