The provisions are all well and good, but it’s hardly the first time they’ve been ordered by the White House.

The WannaCry ransomware attack has dominated headlines recently, and with good reason – it has infected hundreds of thousands of computers in close to 100 countries, shutting down hospitals in the UK, causing problems for companies as large as FedEx, and has so far earned the attackers at least $70,000 in ransom money.