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Re:N.J.’S Largest Hospital System Pays Up in Ransomware Attack by mbesto on Monday December 16, 2019 @11:28PM (#21810582)
But doesn't eliminate hackers who do this type of stuff for the "lulz" (and if anything, makes it worse and potential a weapon for people who want to promote larger government). I understand the general premise of the proposal, but it's not a fool-proof check on game theory.
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Re:N.J.’S Largest Hospital System Pays Up in Ransomware Attack by ikeboy on Monday December 16, 2019 @11:33PM (#21810603)
It doesn't completely solve the problem, no.

But the stories of hospitals and other entities paying non-trivial sums in ransom I would expect are mostly professional criminals, not hackers doing it for lulz.

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