Worldwide Alliance: 50 Countries Join Forces Against Ransomware Attacks

The technology giant has launched a new initiative in response to six high-profile cyberattacks that exploited different aspects of Microsoft’s security and cloud infrastructure in the past few years, which aimed to revamp the company’s approach to software security in the wake of previous high-profile attacks. 

A key feature of Microsoft’s new initiative is the company’s plans to use Artificial Intelligence to help fend off sophisticated attacks from actors with state-backed backing – notably Microsoft Secure Copilot – which is one of the highlights of the initiative. 

As part of an international coalition of technology companies and law enforcement agencies, several organizations are appealing for a coordinated approach to the problem of ransomware. There were nearly 50 recommendations given by the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) to government authorities, along with representatives from Microsoft, Amazon, the FBI, and the UK’s National Crime Agency. 

It was announced on Tuesday that the White House would be signing a pledge that 50 countries would sign pledging to never pay ransoms to cybercriminals to put a strain on their resources in the future.

At the current time, almost half of ransomware attacks occur in the United States, which means that the International Counter Ransomware Initiative was formed at a time when the number of ransomware attacks is

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