Ransomware Payments – Should They Be Illegal?
To pay or not to pay – that is the question regarding ransomware attacks against municipal services. But if some states have their way, victims may no longer have a choice.
Two states – North Carolina and Florida – have passed legislation prohibiting public ransomware payments, and other states are considering similar measures. But it’s too early to tell yet whether such laws have had an impact. In the less than three years since the North Carolina bill passed, attacks have dipped slightly and still number in the hundreds.