Cybersecurity experts condemned the White House after senior officials broke from the FBI's advice that companies should not pay ransomware demands, saying instead it was instead a decision for the private sector. White House officials addressed the issue during a briefing on Monday. 'And they have to just balance off, in the cost-benefit, when they have no choice with regard to paying a ransom.' 'Paying a ransom doesn't guarantee you or your organization will get any data back,' it says on its website. On Monday evening, the White House said it was monitoring shortages in the Southeast and that President Joe Biden had directed federal agencies to act.

Source: Daily Mail May 11, 2021 13:56 UTC