Lars Becker

Lars Becker

British government wants to ban ransomware payments

Grossbritannien

The British government is planning far-reaching measures in the fight against ransomware attacks. A new draft law stipulates that public institutions and operators of critical infrastructure will no longer be allowed to make ransom payments to cyber criminals in future.

Atos denies ransomware attack, but…

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French IT service provider Atos has denied claims by ransomware group Space Bears of a successful attack on company systems - but admits that Atos-related data was found on compromised third-party infrastructure.

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