New technology has enabled cyber-crime on an industrial scale

Re:New technology has enabled cyber-crime on an industrial s... by brightball on Monday May 10, 2021 @08:23AM (#27105186)

I totally understand the logic, but from a standpoint of "paying just encourages more of it" it shocked me to hear it from a security researcher.

If people like him are telling you to pay, then people are going to pay, which will just create more and more and more attacks.

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Re:New technology has enabled cyber-crime on an industrial s... by meowface on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @01:53AM (#27114681)

I'm not an expert, but I do work in information security and I personally would tell people to pay, too. I strongly believe there needs to be a way to reduce the frequency of and counter these attacks, but I don't think banning ransom payment is the way.

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