Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments – The Guardian
‘Schools, the NHS and local councils will be banned from making ransomware payments under government proposals to tackle hackers. In a crackdown on such cyber-attacks, operators of critical national infrastructure will be barred from bowing to demands when criminal gangs hold IT systems hostage.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com