Taken together, the moves represent the most comprehensive coordinated action by the Biden administration to counter ransomware attacks that have risen to such damaging levels that President Biden has twice directly warned Russian President Vladimir Putin about the need to take action against such criminals operating from Russian soil.
Ransomware is a form of malware that locks up computers by encrypting the data on them, and hackers demand often exorbitant payments to unlock the computers. Those payments rose to more than $400 million globally last year, according to the White House….