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Governments Weigh Ransomware Payment Bans as Hackers Grow Bolder
Evidence tier: B1 Evidence type: Independent specialist payment-industry report Source: PYMNTS Published: 2026-07-20 Captured: 2026-07-20T18:55:12.616Z
Source summary
Governments have reportedly begun banning ransomware payments to hackers as demand amounts continue to rise. That’s according to a report Monday (July 20) from the Financial Times (FT), which cites the example of the U.
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Topics and entities
- Industry lane: Payment infrastructure
- Entities: PYMNTS
- Payment infrastructure
- Cross-border payments
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