2024-08-30
17 分钟New legislation is seeking to designate some ransomware attacks as acts of terror. Former FBI agent John Riggi talks about the proposal and how it might change the battle against ransomware gangs.
I'm Dena Templerist, and this is click.
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The Senate intelligence Committee is considering legislation that would do this new, new thing equate ransomware attacks to acts of terrorism.
Hospitals have fallen victim to a cyberattack.
We're learning it was part of a multistate effort.
The attack is forcing doctors and nurses to use pen and paper instead of computers.
Ransomware attack hackers scrambled data which can only be unlocked with software keys provided once targets pay a hefty sum.
The bill would not just pave the way for sanctions and penalties on states that sponsor ransomware.
We're looking at you, North Korea and Russia, but could also fundamentally change the way the us government can respond to these attacks.
They wouldn't just be criminal matters, they'd be seen as national security threats.
And potentially that could allow the us military cyber forces to weigh in in a much more aggressive way.
I'm Dena Templarst and this is clickare's mic drop, an extended cut of an interview we think you'd like to hear more of.
And today we're talking to former FBI agent and cybersecurity expert John Regi about efforts to step up.
The response against ransomware is too much.
Focus on purely on defense.
We need to degrade the bad guys capability to conduct these attacks, and the government has that capability.
We'll be right back.
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