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    From The Telecom Digest@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 13:47:35 2023
    By Luke Huigsloot

    The hack on Latitude Financial is Australia’s biggest cyberattack,
    with driver’s license numbers, passports and financial documents among
    the stolen information.

    The Australian government is being pushed to ban the payment of cyber
    ransoms, usually demanded in cryptocurrency, following a local
    business suffering a mass data breach and subsequent ransom demand.

    https://cointelegraph.com/news/push-to-ban-ransomware-payments-following-australia-s-biggest-cyber-attack

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 16:29:43 2023
    Am 12.04.2023 um 13:47:35 Uhr schrieb The Telecom Digest:

    The Australian government is being pushed to ban the payment of cyber ransoms, usually demanded in cryptocurrency, following a local
    business suffering a mass data breach and subsequent ransom demand.

    I think this is a good idea. Paying the attackers [just] makes this
    attacking method lucrative.

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