I've had the idea floating around my head for a while that instead of banning the payment, they should tax them. If you start putting a 500% levy on any busines

I've had the idea floating around my head for a while that instead of banning the payment, they should tax them. If you start putting a 500% levy on any business paying a ransom the whole concept becomes a lot less profitable because assuming attackers are not settling for 5x less than what they think businesses would really pay, they'll have to slash the ransoms. And the government gets a nice funding pot to try and fight them.