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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by acherion on Thursday May 13, 2021 @11:04PM (#27150217)
> Beefing up security at each organization isn’t fixing the underlying problem. It’s just making the next entity the more likely target.

This reminds me of the old saying about locking your bicycle on the street. It won't 100% prevent yours from being stolen, but if the other bikes around yours has less secure means of locking, then the thief will likely take those bikes instead of yours.

Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by chrismorgan on Thursday May 13, 2021 @11:50PM (#27150499)
Another form: you don’t need to outrun the lion, just the guy next to you.

This also gets taken in dark directions: you don’t even need to run faster than the guy next to you, you just need to trip him up.