Matthew RosenquistFounder & CISO Advisor, Cybersecurity Insights · CISO, Cybersecurity Strategist, & Industry Advisor

UK Wants to Ban Ransomware Payments #cybersecurity #ransomware

25 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker outlines a United Kingdom proposal that would prohibit ransomware and extortion payments by government bodies and critical infrastructure sectors such as the NHS, schools, and libraries. The speaker endorses the idea, arguing that denying financial payouts removes the primary motivation for cyber‑criminals, thereby deterring attacks. They claim the approach is both affordable and scalable, and that implementing the ban would not be technically difficult.

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The United Kingdom is proposing a ban on ransomware payments from government entities, and this would include critical infrastructure. So, um, the healthcare system of the United Kingdom, schools, libraries, you name it, all of those in this proposal will not be allowed to pay extortion from ransomware. I love this idea. There's been a lot of discussion because a cyber criminal, they're motivated by personal financial gain. And if they know they won't get paid, they're not gonna waste their time attacking. We use the very motivation of those attackers against them to dissuade them, deter them from even launching attacks to begin with. That becomes affordable and scalable. And the process of doing this actually isn't that difficult.