Why Making Ransomware Payments Illegal Could Backfire

Originally published by CXO REvolutionaries. Written by Ben Corll, CISO - Americas, Zscaler. A debate swirling since at least last summer – about the wisdom of banning compromised companies from making payments to ransomware actors – was sparked again recently when Australia broached the possibility of doing just that.The argument for outlawing payment is pretty straightforward. Superficially, at least, it resembles the argument against negotiating with terrorists: if you make it clear to cri...

americas argument australia banning ben ciso companies compromised cxo doing making payment payments ransomware summer terrorists zscaler