NCSC and the ICO say – Don’t pay the malware ransom

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have written to The Law Society and The Bar Council outlining why it is better for everyone’s (including those infected with the ransomware) not to engage with the threat actors by paying the ransoms demanded.

Solicitors urged to help stem the rising tide of… – NCSC.GOV.UK

ICO and NCSC stand together against ransomware payments being made | ICO

Joint ICO and NCSC letter to The Law Society and the The Bar Council

This was the subject of a blog on Octagon Technology a couple of weeks back:

Would you pay the ransom?

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