Under proposed UK government plans, ransomware payments will be banned for schools, the NHS, and local councils. This forms part of a crackdown on cyber attacks, with proposals to make payment reports to the government mandatory for private companies and the potential for such payments to be blocked if made to sanctioned groups or foreign states. The proposals also include an incident reporting regime and a “targeted” ban on public sector payments.
Anne Arundel County hit by cyber incident; some services affected, 911/311 remain online – Fox Baltimore
Anne Arundel County experienced a cyber incident resulting in some services being affected. Despite this, essential services like 911 and 311 remain online. The full
