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Re:'We have your porn collection': The rise of extortionware by FDSGSG on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @02:43PM (#26638579)
>editorial/legal spiked the names

That would be bizarre too. You can name Al-Qaeda and ISIS, but not ransomware groups?

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Re:'We have your porn collection': The rise of extortionware by Blikkentrekker on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @02:44PM (#26638601)
In many jurisdictions or some online discussion boards, one can name by name the already famous, but not the unknown, behind which is certainly a measure of thought.
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Re:'We have your porn collection': The rise of extortionware by FDSGSG on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @02:46PM (#26638624)
I've heard of such rules in regards to names of persons, but never in regards to names of groups such as these.
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Re:'We have your porn collection': The rise of extortionware by junon on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @03:48PM (#26639478)
This applies to people in every case I've personally ever heard of. There's never been a bar against naming groups of hacktivists or malicious groups.
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