‘Millions’ in taxpayer money paid to cyber criminals in recent years – minister

Proposals have been unveiled to counter ransomware attacks (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money has been handed to cyber criminals in recent years, Britain’s security minister said as he unveiled proposals to combat ransomware attacks.

Dan Jarvis also suggested hostile actors could have extorted thousands from organisations like the NHS without the Government knowing because there is no mandatory reporting regime.