The UK government wishes to demand ransomware victims to report whether they were violated with the aim of providing law enforcement with information that could help target cybercriminals.
On Tuesday, the UK Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of the Interior, Published a proposal with the aim of changing the British government’s strategy to tackle ransomware. Among the three main proposals is a requirement of reports that would help the authorities to identify and disrupt piracy business.
“The compulsory report also develops, which will equip the law enforcement with basic intelligence to chase the perpetrators and disrupt their activities, allowing better support for victims,” they read the proposal.
In his proposalThe UK government has said that the mandatory requirement of reporting would allow the government to “exert targeted disorders in an evolving threat landscape”.
The other two main proposals include a ban on paying ransomware for the public sector and critical infrastructure organizations and the mandate to alert the government if other types of victims’ organizations intend to pay hacker ransom.
Ransomware researchers applauded the proposals, in particular the efforts that focus on law enforcement.
“I think it’s a tacit recognition of what we know for a while: Ransomware exploitation and their guardians are not limited to Russia and many of those involved are very lesible and, most importantly, persecution,” Allan Liska, a threat of threats and the Ransomware recorded. “I think it’s extremely important.”
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Arda Büyükkaya, a senior information analyst on cyberspace at Eclecticiq, applauded the proposals for the construction of “official things”.
“While it is not clear if everything will unfold exactly as in writing, we will see through future developments,” Büyükkaya told TechCrunch. “Overall, the ban on ransom payments and the active pursuit of the perpetrators is a strong deterrent and helps to impose real costs on threats.”
Tuesday’s announcement is the last in a policy consultation process that began in January, in which the office at home was originally entered The three key policy changes. The UK government’s official response to the consultation is another step towards amending the law, but it remains to see if the proposals will end up being guaranteed.
The ban on ransomware payments is a controversial idea. For some, the ban on hacker payments is an obvious way to stop the criminal gangs benefited from cyber -bishops and victims. However, some argue that, occasionally, paying a ransom may be the only viable option for recovering critical systems and return to the internet, especially for some critical industries, such as hospitals, which cannot afford to stop interruption and real health risks.
Earlier this year, Australia introduced law To locate ransomware victims to reveal if they paid hackers, stopping to ban payments.
