How America Can Reliably Resist Ransomware

The Biden Administration is attempting to curtail an uptick in ransomware attacks on American businesses.

In June, the world's largest meat processing company was hit by a ransomware group and paid $11 million dollars to resume its operations. And in May, the Colonial Pipeline Company was attacked, disrupting gas supplies to the east coast for a week.

And the attacks are becoming more frequent.

So, what can government and business leaders do to combat these attacks? And who's responsible for improving our cybersecurity?

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