Energy Sec. Granholm says that she supports a law that would ban companies from paying ransoms to hackers holding their information hostage, warning that paying ransoms only emboldens hackers even more. - MeetThePress
WASHINGTON —Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Sunday that she supports a law that would ban companies from paying ransoms to hackers holding their information hostage, comments that come after a spate ofIn an interview on"Meet the Press," Granholm acknowledged that she’s not sure if Congress or President Joe Biden is ready to take that step, but she warned that paying ransoms only emboldens hackers even more.
“I don’t know whether Congress or the president is at that point,” she said of a ban on paying ransom to cybercriminals, “but I think we need to send this strong message that paying a ransomware only exacerbates and accelerates the problem. You are encouraging the bad actors.
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., called on the U.S. to treat Russia as “virtually a criminal enterprise” in order to push back againstBlunt, head of the GOP Senate’s policy arm, argued that the U.S. needs to meet Russian aggression with a stronger offensive push, saying that retaliatory cyberattacks are one way to push back.
“We have to push back when there’s no penalty, there’s no sanctions, it’s hard to find who is doing it and even when you can find where they are, we haven’t really effectively sanctioned the countries that are protecting this kind of activity.”
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