Australia to Lead Global Fight Against Ransomware

An IT researchers shows on a giant screen a computer infected by a ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France, on Nov. 3, 2016. Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images

The Biden Administration has announced Australia will head the international fight against ransomware cyberattacks as part of the U.S.-led Counter Ransomware Initiative.

The announcement, on Nov. 2, by the White House comes after the administration gathered 36 countries and the European Union (27 countries), for the Second International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) Summit October 31-November 1, 2022