Feds Threaten Civil Penalties For Those Paying Ransomware Demands

October 5th, 2020 Posted by Security & Surveillance, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs), Technology 0 thoughts on “Feds Threaten Civil Penalties For Those Paying Ransomware Demands”

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Ransomware incidents continue to grow worldwide. As this trend continues throughout organizations of all types and sizes in the U.S., in a recent memo, the U.S. Department of Treasury stated that they might impose civil penalties on people or organizations for making ransomware payments even if just to recover their stolen data. There is a bit to unpack here, and this brief but concise article written by O’Ryan Johnson for The Channel Company’s CRN provides a good overview of many of the issues.

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