Under Section 106 of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA), the task force is mandated to serve as the central body that coordinates ongoing nationwide campaigns against ransomware attacks.
[6] In 2021, the RTF released a report, Combating Ransomware: A Comprehensive Framework for Action, that was drafted by a team of industry, law enforcement, and government experts.
The report noted a lack of international coordination not just in mounting countermeasures but also in terms of enforcement due to the absence of regulatory frameworks and relevant regional laws.
[1] In 2023 the taskforce successfully dismantled the Hive, an international ransomware network responsible for extorting hundreds of millions of dollars from victims both in the United States and abroad.
It holds, for example, weekly summits for businesses to strengthen their digital defenses and prevent the use of anonymized cryptocurrency platforms as a means to pay ransom demands.