Treasury sanctions virtual currency exchange as part of ransomware response
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-09-21T20:43:00
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced “robust actions” to counter ransomware, including blocking the assets of a Russian virtual currency exchange that has facilitated payments for at least eight ransomware variants.
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