US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat

Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by baddox on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:01AM (#24035183)

Isn’t it already a felony to attack computer systems and hold data for ransom? That doesn’t seem to be working flawlessly.

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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by ric2b on Monday August 03, 2020 @06:06AM (#24035920)

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.

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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by baddox on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:05PM (#24040369)

Or, pay ransoms secretly, which is of course what companies would do.

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