Australia - the first country in the world to make it mandatory for organisations to declare to the government if a ransomware payment is made on their behalf to cyber extortionists
Reports will have to be made to the ASD within 72 hours
What do you think? Good idea? Would you like a similar mandatory approach in your country?
More details on which businesses the law applies to, and penalties, can be found at https://therecord.media/australia-ransomware-victims-must-report-payments
#cybersecurity #ransomware
@gcluley@mastodon.green Seems like a good idea. I can think of several upsides.
@gcluley@mastodon.green Good idea in principle, because the gathered data will give us a much better picture of the severity of the problem. I have two worries, though:
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Will adequate measures be taken to preserve the anonymity of the victims?
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Might this not be just a first step towards banning ransom payments - something I am strongly opposed to?
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