Amazon, Google and other tech companies join government effort to fight ransomware

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Cyber attacks have become a more regular threat to U.S. organizations.

have all agreed to work on the new initiative with CISA. The group's work will initially focus on combatting ransomware — when hackers encrypt information and threaten to withhold it until a ransom is paid — and creating a framework to respond to incidents impacting cloud providers.

The new effort comes after several cyberattacks underscored the importance of communication between the public and private sectors in preventing damage. Microsoft President Brad Smith told Congress that a major attack on SolarWinds, which impacted several government agencies,Easterly said in her prepared remarks that some of the work the JCDC is tasked with "is happening in pockets," but that "most of it is reactive.

 

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I ware the clothes I want, and if those tech companies don't like Ransom, I don't care, PERIOD !

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