InfoSec News Nuggets 05/13/2021

1 - US Questions Whether Businesses Should Pay Cyberattack Ransom In the wake of a situation last weekend in which a group of hackers shut down a U.S. oil pipeline, the White House is thinking about whether there’s merit to making ransom payments to cyberattackers, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The oil pipeline situation highlighted a serious threat to critical infrastructure, according to FT. The FBI has long been opposed to making ransom payments to attackers saying that doing so would only…
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