In a decade, ransomware software has grown from a tool by hackers to extort individuals for hundreds of dollars, to an underworld service-for-hire among criminals to shakedown entire industries for hundreds of millions. Cryptocurrency, meanwhile, has proven an ideal means of paying ransom to shadowy gangs across borders.
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The government is looking to mandate that non-corporate Commonwealth entities implement the Essential Eight cyber security mitigation strategies.
The Attorney General’s Department quietly announced its intention to mandate the Essential Eight in a response to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit’s inquiry into an Auditor-General’s report on cyber resilience.