White House Issues Open Letter to Corporate and Business Leaders Highlighting Ransomware Threat

Following a series of high-profile ransomware attacks – where an organized criminal group or nation-state actor encrypts a company’s network and data and threatens to expose or delete it unless the company pays ransom – Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger released an open letter (“Letter”) to corporate and business leaders nationwide calling on companies to take immediate steps to protect against the threat of ransomware.