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UK Government Proposes Targeted Ban on Ransom Payments and Increased Ransomware Incident Reporting

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On January 14, 2025, the United Kingdom government published a consultation on ransomware proposing new measures to increase incident reporting and reduce ransom payments (the “Consultation”). The Consultation outlines three...more

DLA Piper

UK: Consultation on Ransomware payments

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On 14 January 2025, the UK Home Office published a consultation paper focusing on legislative proposals to reduce payments to cyber criminals and increasing incident reporting. ...more

Polsinelli

Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity – Evolving Incident Response Obligations, Integral to Effective Risk Management

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Just over a year ago, the White House issued its long-awaited National Cybersecurity Strategy, with an emphasis on defending Critical Infrastructure, promoting public and private collaboration, and safeguarding...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How a Zero-Day Flaw in MOVEit Led to a Global Ransomware Attack

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In an era where our lives are ever more intertwined with technology, the security of digital platforms is a matter of national concern. A recent large-scale cyberattack affecting several U.S. federal agencies and numerous...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

U.S. Government Takes Increasingly Aggressive Actions Targeting Ransomware

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On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), and the U.S. Department of State (“State”) made several significant announcements regarding recent U.S. government...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

To Combat Cyber Crime, White House Initiative Promises Tools; Some Seek Funding, New Laws

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Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - As ransomware attacks become epidemic and breaches get larger, the Biden administration is partnering with private industry to bolster security and education in an...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Do the 2021 Federal Ransomware Laws Foretell Passage of Federal Data Privacy Laws?

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In the last several weeks, the Executive and Legislative branches of the United States federal government have taken bipartisan measures to defend the country’s infrastructure from the critical national security threat posed...more

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