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DOJ Launches Task Force to Battle Ransomware Threat Twitter Get Permission The Justice Department is creating a task force to tackle the growing threat of ransomware and related extortion schemes targeting school districts, hospitals and others, according to an internal department memo that began circulating this week. The newly established Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force will include DOJ officials as well as representatives from the FBI and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. The task force will target the ransomware criminal ecosystem as a whole, which means prosecuting those behind the attacks as well as those who launder money that s extorted, the memo states.

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