Berlin refused to pay. Now it runs four task forces
THE SO WHAT
Refusing to pay a ransomware demand is not a one-line policy stance—it’s a multi-team, multi-week operational commitment once data is dumped. If you don’t want to be negotiating with attackers, you need a prebuilt playbook for crisis management, legal, comms, and cross-agency coordination, not just a cyber insurance policy.
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