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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by UncleOxidant on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:07PM (#27144557)
The federal government should commit to doing what it can to help make organizations who refuse to pay ransoms whole again.
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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by nradov on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:42PM (#27144960)
That role can be better handled by private insurers in the same way they make policy holders whole after physical thefts.
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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by jaywalk on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:23PM (#27144736)
Why should this be a problem that the federal government is required to solve? Or in other words: why should my tax dollars go to help an organization that couldn't manage their security properly?
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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by Vrondi on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:05PM (#27145241)
Because this organization endangered the economy of a significant chunk of the country by their negligence, then your tax dollars should go to setting standards and holding them liable when they fail to meet those standards.
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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by walshemj on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:54PM (#27147320)
Some board member resignations might be in order and being banned from being directors for 10-20 years
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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by jaywalk on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:55PM (#27145867)
That's not what the OP said though. That is something completely different.
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