Ransomware, considered by British authorities to be the UK’s greatest cybercrime threat, costing the nation billions of pounds and with the capbility to bring essential services to a standstill, is in the gunsights of government.
The Home Office has confirmed that it is seeking to legally ban public bodies from paying ransom demands to cybercriminals.
The ban would prevent operators of critical national infrastructure, the NHS, local councils and school, from giving in to digital extortionists
