Department Of Justice Holds News Conference On Ransomware

Merrick Garland, U.S. attorney general, and Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), left, during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Today the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two ransomware operators and a virtual currency exchange network that launder the proceeds of ransomware. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images