The Justice Department has created a new task force dedicated to rooting out and responding to the growing threat of ransomware. The new initiative follows what the memo describes as the worst year ever for ransomware attacks. The effort highlights how cybersecurity threats have become a major focus of the Biden administration. Actions could include “takedowns of servers used to spread ransomware to seizures of these criminal enterprises’ ill-gotten gains,” the memo says. The task force will unify efforts across the federal government to pursue and disrupt attackers.”]
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/21/tech/ransomware-doj-task-force/index.html