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tshaddox
on Aug 3, 2020
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US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat
Isn’t it already a felony to attack computer systems and hold data for ransom? That doesn’t seem to be working flawlessly.
ric2b
on Aug 3, 2020
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Yes, but the affected company is the one paying the ransom. Make that a felony and suddenly their choice is to invest in security or risk having their business halted for potentially months.
tshaddox
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Or, pay ransoms secretly, which is of course what companies would do.
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