Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global

Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by lordnacho on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:46PM (#14648088)

There's so many creative things you can do when you imagine yourself as one of these attackers.

- Make a big target amount of money that any large company can pay, eg $10M, and tell people you'll release everyone's key if the amount is raised.

- Use an online board like this one to control the state of your network.

- Embarrass individual firms by posting pics of their offices from their own webcams.

Etc, etc. I reckon talking about these sorts of things will help find solutions rather than just inspire the bad guys.

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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by dflock on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:24PM (#14648476)

> Make a big target amount of money that any large company can pay, eg $10M

That sounds like a good way to get state level actors on your case.

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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by kbenson on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:47PM (#14648724)

Yes, as long as the payments are individually relatively small and anonymous, it's easy for people to misunderstand the amount they may actually be getting. Once you paint a target in the millions, people will notice more, it will become a bigger news story, some congressman or another will make it a pet cause, and then you've got a lot or attention on you. Like any criminal enterprise, the less attention from authorities the better.

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