{"id":3755,"date":"2025-12-07T20:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/uk-ransomware-payment-ban-to-come-with-exemptions-security-minster-say\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T20:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:39:16","slug":"uk-ransomware-payment-ban-to-come-with-exemptions-security-minster-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/uk-ransomware-payment-ban-to-come-with-exemptions-security-minster-say\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Ransomware Payment Ban to Come with Exemptions, Security Minster Say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There will be \u201cnational security exemptions\u201d to the ransomware payment ban proposed by the UK government, according to British Security Minister Dan Jarvis.<\/p>\n

The ban, which was subject to public consultation from January to April 2025 and received support from three-quarters of respondents, was confirmed in July and described in more details by the UK government in a policy paper published on September 2.<\/p>\n

If adopted, the new legislative proposal would ban ransomware payments for public sector and critical national infrastructure (CNI) organizations as well as require other businesses to notify the government of any intent to pay a ransom to attackers.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Financial Times\u2019 Cyber Resilience Summit: Europe, held in London on December 3, the minister said the proposition was his \u201cpersonal priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said that the current arrangements for each organization to choose whether to pay cybercriminals a ransom is \u201cnot sustainable\u201d\u00a0as it doesn\u2019t offer organizations any meaningful guarantee they will get their data back.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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British Security Minister Dan Jarvis (right) was interviewed by Andrew Hill (left), senior business writer at the Financial Times, during the newspaper’s Cyber Resilience Summit: Europe, held in London on December 3. Credit: Infosecurity Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Security Minister Pushes Ban Across Government and CNI Organizations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Asked about the next steps for the proposal, Jarvis said it will be adopted \u201cwhen parliamentary time allows.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued by explaining he is currently \u201cseeking agreement across government\u201d and consulting with CNI organizations and the private sector to \u201censure that our proposals are going to work in the most effective way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jarvis said that the government has acknowledged\u00a0warnings\u00a0that the ban may have nefarious consequences for UK businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re looking very carefully at national security exemptions, because we don\u2019t want people to be facing an invidious choice between a hospital shutting down or going to jail,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Jarvis also said that the UK government was discussing with allies among the Five Eyes and G7 member states that were also interested to implement a similar ban.<\/p>\n

Read now: Will the UK\u2019s Ransomware Payment Ban Work?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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