US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat

Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by Animats on Monday August 03, 2020 @03:24AM (#24035001)

While these stories are becoming all too common I’d like to think that while we’re in a golden age of being a ransomware payouts, it will lead to actually caring about security by many of the high-profile affected companies.

It may also lead to companies paying for a more aggressive response. Uber has been known to deal with fraud by eventually finding the fraudster, even in Nigeria, and having them "visited".[1]

[1] "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" Isaac, (2009)

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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by exikyut on Monday August 03, 2020 @09:11AM (#24037293)

This made me curious enough to go digging to learn more.

Finding the eBook on Amazon then quote-Googling for verbatim sections of text doesn't always work, but there are sometimes nice exceptions :)

For anyone who wants to save 5 minutes, data:text/plain;base64,R29vZ2xlICJpc2FhYzIwMTkucGRmIiA8LS0gaW5jbHVkaW5nIHF1b3Rlcw

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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by Cederfjard on Monday August 03, 2020 @07:39AM (#24036446)

Would you mind elaborating a little bit? To me what you're saying implies extralegal activities, just want to make sure I'm not misunderstanding.

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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by pc86 on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:37AM (#24038253)

http://digamoo.free.fr/isaac2019.pdf page 177 has a (very) brief summary of what happened.

And just to clarify for others, "extralegal" isn't necessarily bad, and does not mean illegal. It simply means not regulated by the law one way or the other. Calling a Nigerian lawyer and having them talk to someone is definitely not illegal.

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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by throwanem on Monday August 03, 2020 @07:58AM (#24036570)

2019, not 2009.

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