Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom

Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by ryoshu on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:17PM (#27144671)

A greyhat should launch ransomware and then not decrypt when the ransom is paid. Make the ransomware industry unreliable.

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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by cgb223 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:29PM (#27147013)

This is the chaotic evil way of dealing with the problem

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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by tacocataco on Thursday May 13, 2021 @08:13PM (#27149132)

Wouldn't it be chaotic neutral?

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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by xvector on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:45PM (#27147218)

I think a lot of businesses would still pay. Pay $2M for a 50% chance of getting out of the situation, versus $200M in losses if you don’t - you’d take the gamble.

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