Australia May Consider Banning Ransomware Payments After Attacks

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said the government would consider making illegal the paying of ransoms to cyber hackers, following recent cyber attacks affecting millions of Australians. Australia's biggest health insurer, Medibank Private Ltd., last month suffered a massive cyber attack, as Australia grapples with a rise in hacks.

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