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December 7, 2015 10:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZZPPAurW1fg/senators-has-uncle-sam-paid-off-ransomware-criminals
Senators: Has Uncle Sam Paid Off Ransomware Criminals?
chicksdaddy writes: Just a month after an FBI official admitted that his agency sometimes advised companies stricken with ransomware to pay the ransom, two U.S. Senators are requesting information about federal agencies' encounters with ransomware malware, and whether Uncle Sam might have paid ransoms, also. “Have federal state or local governments sought DOJ or FBI’s help to remove ransomware from their computers,” the Senators asked in a letter addressed to Attorney General Loretta Lynch. “If so, please describe the nature of any assistance sought, whether agencies have paid ransoms to remove ransomware, and whether DOJ or the FBI was able to decrypt the computer systems.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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