Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia’s biggest cyberattack [telecom]

From	"The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org>
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Subject	Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia’s biggest cyberattack [telecom]
Date	2023-04-12 13:47 +0000
Organization	The Telecom Digest
Message-ID	<20230412134735.GA7593@telecomdigest.us> (permalink)

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By Luke Huigsloot 

The hack on Latitude Financial is Australia’s biggest cyberattack,
with driver’s license numbers, passports and financial documents among
the stolen information.

The Australian government is being pushed to ban the payment of cyber
ransoms, usually demanded in cryptocurrency, following a local
business suffering a mass data breach and subsequent ransom demand.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/push-to-ban-ransomware-payments-following-australia-s-biggest-cyber-attack

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Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia’s biggest cyberattack [telecom] "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> - 2023-04-12 13:47 +0000
  Re: Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia’s biggest cyberattack [telecom] "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> - 2023-04-12 16:29 +0200
    Re: Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia’s biggest cyberattack [telecom] "Bill Horne" <tdmoderator@telecomdigest.net> - 2023-04-12 15:55 +0000

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