US EditionEx-FBI Lead Urges Homicide Charges Against Ransomware Scum
Cynthia Kaiser said current penalties are too light and cited studies estimating hospital ransomware attacks caused dozens of patient deaths.
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Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks
Lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday explored ways to beef up punishments for ransomware attacks against hospitals, possibly by labeling them as more severe crimes. One proposal floated at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing, to treat ransomware attacks as terrorism, is an idea Congress has flirted with before. Another would be to press prosecutors to pursue homicide charges in attacks on hospitals where death resulted — something German aut…
Cynthia Kaiser, former deputy director of the FBI's cyber division and now senior vice-president of the Halcyon Ransomware Research Center, has called for prosecution for homicides against ransomware perpetrators whose attacks kill patients. All while the Trump administration amplifies the budgets of agencies supposed to prevent these same attacks.
Murder, she wrote: Ex-FBI chief wants some ransomware crims charged with homicide
Lawmakers decry CISA cuts: ‘We are shooting ourselves in the foot’ If a cyberattack leads to a death, that’s murder. A former FBI cyber division chief urged the US Justice Department to consider felony homicide charges against ransomware actors when attacks on hospitals lead to patient deaths.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Murder, she wrote: Ex-FBI chief wants some ransomware crims charg…
Former FBI official proposes terror designations for ransomware hackers targeting hospitals | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware - National Cyber Security Consulting
A former FBI cyber chief is calling for the U.S. government to consider applying terrorism designations to ransomware actors who target hospitals and other critical, life-safety infrastructure, arguing a Bush-era terror financing authority could be applied beyond its traditional uses. In testimony set to be delivered Tuesday before the House Homeland Security Committee, Cynthia Kaiser […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post Forme…
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