Consider the three ways the U.S. government solves ransomware and cybercrime.
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Follow In a wave of law enforcement actions against ransomware participants last week, the US-led efforts to combat global cybercrime seem to have finally achieved results. However, it is unwise for policy makers not to pay attention to current issues: Ransomware is pushing the cybercrime economy in a dangerous direction-without sustained policy attention, it will remain a problem in the coming years.
Ransomware is changing cybercrime in two ways.
First, ransomware technology has broadened the scope of cybercrime in general. Previously, cybercriminals tended to target large-scale data held in specific industries-namely credit card details, tax records, …
