Maryland Democrat, State Senator State Sen. Susan C. Lee introduced bill SB30, which would make possession of ransomware illegal. The bill was carefully written to make ransomware illegal in the case of malintent, but not to harm security researchers who study the malware. SB30 makes possession of ransomware a crime Last May, the city of Baltimore made nation-wide headlines, as one of the largest population municipalities to be targeted by ransomware in US history. TheRead More The post appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.