The USA continues to seek measures against cyber attacks faced by large companies. The attackers wanted crypto money as a ransom for the return of the system after the cyber attack.
According to the news published in the Wall Street Journal today, the USA is preparing to take some steps that make it difficult for the attackers to get the crypto money payments made in cyber attacks extending to Russia.
The U.S. Treasury Department is expected to announce a series of measures next week that will make these crypto payments more difficult. While no details have been shared on the content of the measures to be taken, this move is considered the Biden administration’s first major effort against these attacks.
The report in WSJ specifically stated that the Treasury will not suppress the entire cryptocurrency infrastructure to make these payments difficult, while the authorities are focusing on some concrete goals.
The ransomware had demanded Bitcoin as payment in their previous attacks. It is not known how the Biden administration will prevent these payments from falling into the hands of hackers.
While the steps that will make it difficult for these payments to fall into the hands of attackers are eagerly awaited, we see that a busy agenda awaits crypto money investors next week.