Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom
by gist on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:27PM
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> Paying ransom should be illegal.
Perhaps instead it should not be legal to say publicly you paid a ransom but ok to pay the ransom. That would tamp down a bit the publicity that encourages more actors. That would be a quick and easy fix along the lines of insider trading.
Perhaps instead it should not be legal to say publicly you paid a ransom but ok to pay the ransom. That would tamp down a bit the publicity that encourages more actors. That would be a quick and easy fix along the lines of insider trading.