; or (II) with respect to all listed options, 15 percent or more of the average daily dollar volume reported by applicable national market system plans for reporting transactions in listed options; and (iii) any technology service provider in the Significant Service Provider Program of the Financial Institutions Examination Council that provides core processing services that is determined by the Council to be a significant technology service provider. (B) Malicious software The term malicious software means software that, when deployed, results in the loss of access to data or the loss of functionality of an information and communications system or network of a U.S. financial institution. (C) Ransomware attack The term ransomware attack means the deployment of malicious software for the purpose of demanding payment in exchange for restoring critical access to, or the critical functionality of, an information and communications system or network. (D) Ransomware payment The term ransomware payment means a payment made by a U.S. financial institution (including a payment made through use of digital currency) to, at the request of, or for the benefit of a person responsible for a ransomware attack in exchange for restoration of the access or functionality of an information and communications system or network of the institution. (E) Ransomware payment authorization The term ransomware payment authorization means, with respect to a ransomware payment made by a U.S. financial institution, a written notice from a Federal law enforcement agency to authorize such ransomware payment. ; (4) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking after the date of enactment of this Act and inserting after the date of enactment of the Ransomware and Financial Stability Act of 2024