Expect more sanctions and hacking operations on ransomware groups, top Justice official says

U.S. law enforcement and its international allies will continue to target ransomware actors with more sanctions and with more hacking operations, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Friday.

Delivering the closing keynote at the Munich Cyber Security Conference in Germany, Monaco described the Justice Department’s collaboration with international partners as “very important” and stressed that everything from “export controls, sanctions, sanctions enforcement, evasion enforcement — all of this takes critical work with our partners.”

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