This financial crime guide includes practical information and key indicators to help your business understand, identify and report suspicious activity where someone could be the target of a ransomware payment, or trying to profit from a ransomware payment.

Cybercriminals try to infect a computer or network, and then demand a ransom payment to unlock or decrypt the victim’s computer system. These attacks can disrupt businesses and critical services, and cost significant time and resources to recover from.

Your business can play a crucial role in detecting possible ransomware payments by recognising and reporting suspicious activity to AUSTRAC.

Download the Financial crime guide – Detecting and stopping ransomware (PDF, 1.77MB)

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Last updated: 5 Apr 2023
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