US says dozens of countries have signed up to pledge never to pay ransomware hackers

US says dozens of countries have signed up to pledge never to pay ransomware hackers

Forty countries are expected to sign a pledge today to never pay a ransom demand to cybercriminals again. The signing should take place during the third annual International Counter-Ransomware Initiative (CRI) summit, which kicked off earlier this week in Washington, D.C.The move comes as a direct response to the recent wave of record-breaking ransomware activity, according to the Biden Administration's Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber…