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House Report Says Ransomware Victims Lack Clarity In Responding To Feds

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

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House Report Says Ransomware Victims Lack Clarity In Responding To Feds

National Cyber Director Chris Inglis. Photo: Executive Office of the President of the United States

In several high-profile ransomware attacks this year against corporations there was no single point of contact in the federal government for companies to alert, demonstrating the need for the federal government to clarify who should be contacted in such an event, says a new report by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Of the three attacks reviewed, “two companies’ initial requests for assistance were forwarded around to different FBI offices and personnel before reaching the correct team,” says the…

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