Combating Ransomware: A Roadmap for Progress

A ransom message displayed by Locky, a ransomware malware released in 2016. (Christiaan Colen, https://flic.kr/p/SWrePq; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)

The Biden administration’s freshly minted National Cybersecurity Strategy calls for, among other things, a comprehensive federal and international approach to addressing the growing problem of ransomware. In line with the strategy’s focus, a newly released white paper from American University Washington College of Law’s Technology, Law, and Security Program (TLS) explores the ransomware problem and identifies actionable, expert-informed recommendations for combating …

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