All it took was a fundamental disruption to the nation's fuel supply and sigmund freud auto-eroticisma threat to meat, but the U.S. Department of Justice is finally going to start taking ransomware seriously. Or, at least more seriously.
So reports Reuters, which on Thursday noted that the DOJ is "elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism." This move, in part, will involve coordinating responses to ransomware with a single task force in Washington D.C.
Ransomware is a form of digital extortion that involves encrypting a victim's files and then offering to provide a decryption key for a price, typically paid in cryptocurrency.
Thursday's news was well received by experts in the cybersecurity field. Chris Krebs, the former director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (who was notoriously fired by tweet), called out DOJ's effort as a step in the right direction.
"This is a positive indication that we're getting serious about stopping ransomware," he wrote Thursday. "Much more needs to be done, but directional shifts are a good thing."
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Jackie Singh, a former senior cybersecurity staffer in the Biden campaign, explained what the DOJ's move means in practice.
"Centralizing the data and clarifying the reporting structure means more effective information sharing between disparate agencies on a topic of growing importance and recognized risk, primarily due to the disruption at Colonial Pipeline, but also based on the hundreds of ransomware incidents which pose mounting threats to Americans," she wrote over direct message.
According to Singh, this may actually have a meaningful effect on ransomware's proliferation.
SEE ALSO: Flush with bitcoin, hacker group behind Colonial Pipeline attack says it's done
"This move may enable the White House and diplomats at the State Department to develop more effective geopolitical responses to foreign criminal cyber intrusion."
Which, as ransomware continues to ravage companies around the globe, we can only hope.
Topics Cybersecurity
The Year in Tech: 2014 Top Stories
Stevie Nicks Writes GoT Fan Poetry, and Other News by Sadie Stein
The Immortality Chronicles, Part 7 by Adam Leith Gollner
Clairvoyance by Sadie Stein
Touring Logitech's Audio HQ
Edgar Allan Ho, and Other News by Sadie Stein
The History of Letters of Note, and Other News by Sadie Stein
On Twaddle by Sadie Stein
HP Touchscreen Laptop deal: Get $240 off at Best Buy
Easy Reading by Sadie Stein
Even Trump's Earth Day message was anti
City Lights by Sadie Stein
Dramatic Deaths, and Other News by Sadie Stein
Frost Papers Recovered, and Other News by Sadie Stein
Google's data center raises the stakes in this state's 'water wars'
What We’re Loving: The New York Review, Baghdad, Fire by The Paris Review
Doctored by Casey N. Cep
Radio Silence by Jill Talbot
Apple is advertising on Elon Musk's X again
Announcing: A Call for a Writer
'Overwatch' fans get an early peek at Sombra, probablyAmazon's biggest rival just recruited Kobe Bryant to help get your holiday shoppingBroncos cheerleader in inflatable dinosaur costume is the real MVPWhat to expect from each region in 'League of Legends' seventh season'Jane the Virgin' showrunner on Jane and Michael's big momentTrapped toddler nails genius mouse Halloween costumeTwitter India head Rishi Jaitly quits company'The Flash' movie loses its second director due to 'creative differences'One of the biggest rumors about next year's iPhone may have just been confirmedCNN drops Donna Brazile after WikiLeaks releases emailDad tweets about the struggles of parenting on HalloweenTwitter adds more tools to help you talk to businessesSolder vs. Paste on the Core i9Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner obviously did Halloween togetherMorrissey and an Australian minister have Twitter beef over animal crueltyWild Bieber sightings reported across Scotland and IrelandThis is what it looks like to come back to Earth from spaceWatch Felix the hero duck save a chicken from a hawkVine founders' new app is the perfect place to memorialize your favorite VinesDude enters panda exhibit to impress women and gets beat up by a panda Best home essentials deal: Get $15 in Amazon credit when you spend $50 on select home items Lil Tay is alive actually: Teen internet star says she was reportedly hacked Queerness, Cyborgs, and Cephalopods: An Interview with Franny Choi by Spencer Quong Best Samsung Galaxy deal: Get a Samsung Galaxy A54 for $100 off Therapy Jeff teams up with WhatsApp on attachment styles Visual Magicians in the Hills of Connecticut by Robert Pranzatelli Books Only a Mother Could Love by The Paris Review Winter by Marin Sardy There's a viral YouTube livestream folding phones over and over until they break Child influencers in Illinois can now sue their parents Old Ghosts by The Paris Review Redux: Summer Surprised Us by The Paris Review Best smart thermostat deal: Get the Google Nest for 31% off Proust and the Joy of Suffering by Elisa Gabbert KU vs. Mizzou basketball livestreams: Game time, streaming deals, and more Disney+ is cracking down on password sharing now too Governments can spy via smartphone push notifications, Apple and Google confirm Love in the Time of Trump by Laura Kipnis Arcade by Lucy Sante Somehow I Became Respectable by John Waters
1.964s , 10170.9296875 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【sigmund freud auto-eroticism】,Feast Information Network