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DESCRIPTION:   'Title: The best of three bad ideas? Ransomware taxes in lie
 u of bans\n   or doing nothing\n   Tags: Policy @ DEF CON | Creator Talk/P
 anel\n   When: Saturday\, Aug 8\, 14:00 - 14:30 PDT\n   Where: LVCCW Level
  2 W210-211 (Policy Village) - [1]Map\n\n   Description:\n\n   A common pr
 oposal to disrupt ransomware operations is to institute a\n   ban on ranso
 mware payments. That risks several unwanted effects\n   including prolonge
 d critical infrastructure outages\, a feeling of\n   revictimization\, non
 -compliant payers being extorted over paying. This\n   talk investigates t
 he potential for a middle ground: A ransomware tax.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Joe
  Uchill\n\n   Joe Uchill is a PhD student in public policy at RAND Graduat
 e School.\n   Until recently\, he was a reporter covering cybersecurity fo
 r outlets\n   like Axios and The Hill.\n\n   '\n\n   1. #LVCCW_Level2_West
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LOCATION:Policy @ DEF  CON - LVCCW Level 2 W210-211 (Policy Village)
SUMMARY:The best of three bad ideas? Ransomware taxes in lieu of bans or do
 ing nothing
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