> The shorter review period of just 15 days is because the Treasury Department says “significant national security imperatives” mean this has to move faster. >

> The shorter review period of just 15 days is because the Treasury Department says “significant national security imperatives” mean this has to move faster. > “There is no emergency here; there is only an outgoing administration attempting to bypass the required consultation with the public to finalize a rushed rule before their time in office is done,” Grewal wrote. On the contrary, there have been several ransomware attacks on hospitals in the past year. These attacks usually demand payment in bitcoin, for the exact reason that it is anonymous. With the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, this state of affairs puts lives at risk. I can see this being reason enough to declare it a significant national security imperative. Not to mention the recent nationstate hacks of the US Treasury. The sheer volume of ransomware attacks lately has caused the US Govt to issue guidance to corporations to stop paying them [2]. But with people's lives on the line, a lot of corporations can't actually follow that guidance ethically. Here's a live feed of the most recent ransomware attacks [1] [1] https://news.google.com/search?q=ransomware+attack https://news.google.com/search?q=ransomware+attack [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-treasury-cyber-idUSKBN26M77U https://www.reuters.com/article/us-treasury-cyber-idUSKBN26M...