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Australia wants to ban ransomware payments

By Grant Gross
Published November 18, 2022 4:40am ET
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Australia wants to ban ransomware payments
The Australian government will consider a controversial step of outlawing ransomware payments in the wake of a handful of major breaches, according to the top cybersecurity official there. Following recent data breaches at health insurer Medibank and telecom provider Optus, the Australian government will focus on new ways to fight ransomware and other cyber-based attacks, […]


The Australian government will consider a controversial step of outlawing ransomware payments in the wake of a handful of major breaches, according to the top cybersecurity official there.

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