Starve ransomware gangs of easy cash

The UK government plans to stop public sector bodies and critical infrastructure operators from paying off ransomware crooks, even if it means enduring painful outages.

Without being overseen by anyone

The Central Intelligence Agency has been given the power to conduct a series of covert cyber operations against Iran and other targets without any oversight or needing to get approval.

That comes under the “war exclusion”

Insurance companies are trying to get out of paying for damage caused by cyber attacks by claiming that they don’t have to pay for acts of war.