Leaders from nearly 40 countries on Tuesday vowed to work together to track down those responsible for ransomware attacks, prevent ransomware criminals from being granted safe-havens, and implement a series of strong measures to counter such attacks.
Government leaders from a total of 36 countries, and the EU, met in Washington on Oct. 31–Nov. 1 for the Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI), where they discussed “concrete, cooperative actions” aimed at preventing the global threat of ransomware attacks around the globe, according to a White House fact sheet.
The participating governments were Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, the European Commission, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the U.K., and the United States….