Ellen Nakashima and Rachel Lerman, The Washington Post; Ransomware is a national security threat and a big business — and it’s wreaking havoc
"But
many of the actors are in countries outside the reach of U.S. and
allied authorities. DarkSide, for example, is believed to be based in
Russia and many of its communications are in Russian.
“They’ve
become the 21st century equivalent of countries that sheltered
pirates,” said Daniel, the Obama White House cyber coordinator. “We have
to impose diplomatic and economic consequences so they don’t see it as
in their interest to harbor those criminals.”"
