00:00We're introducing new measures to ensure that those cybercriminals who operate in places like Russia
00:05will look at the UK as being a hard target. We're seeking to introduce a ban on ransomware
00:12payments by public sector organisations, whether that's hospitals, local authorities or vital
00:17infrastructure organisations. We think that by doing that we will break the business model of
00:22the cybercriminals and get them to look at the UK as being a place to avoid. There have, there's
00:27been a number of public sector organisations that have paid ransoms. We think that that is
00:32the wrong approach. We don't know precisely how much money has been paid and that's why we're
00:36also seeking to introduce a mandatory reporting regime so we can understand more about the
00:42processes involved. But we want these cybercriminals to look at the UK as being a hard target so that
00:48they avoid us rather than target us. There have been a range of different public bodies who've
00:53paid ransoms over a number of years and we're seeking to prevent that happening in the future
00:58because we want the cybercriminals to understand that there will be very severe consequences from
01:03targeting the UK and we want them frankly to stop doing it and we think that the continued
01:09payment of ransoms is unhelpful in terms of stopping them doing it in the future.
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