Fri Oct 2 2020: You could be breaking the law if you pay ransomware

Three things to know today

• A warning from the US Treasury

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20201001

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/ransomware-victims-that-pay-up-could-incur-steep-fines-from-uncle-sam/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/how-a-hacker-turned-a-250-coffee-maker-into-ransom-machine/

• Which leads to CompTIA’s research

https://www.channelfutures.com/mssp-insider/comptia-research-organizations-cybersecurity-improves-during-covid-19

AND

• Twitter’s work from home culture

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter-work-from-home/?arc404=true

 

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