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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by papito on Thursday June 03, 2021 @06:00PM (#27387959)
Sure, but they are up against state-sponsored, highly trained actors, and that's not a fair fight. This requires the resources of the US Government as their bodyguard.
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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by ddingus on Thursday June 03, 2021 @07:16PM (#27388664)
Then it is also time to pay a lot more in taxes and keep less in the bank too

Which is it?

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by throwaway3699 on Friday June 04, 2021 @01:35AM (#27390931)
Not really, the US military in particular has a lot of slack that could easily be funded into cyber stuff. I would bet there's plenty of (digital) offensive capability in the US so maybe it should be used?
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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by ddingus on Friday June 04, 2021 @01:53AM (#27391002)
If it is about warfare, sure! Lots of money and resources are available.

This discussion is more policing, which is out of scope.

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by papito on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:30PM (#27389486)
Well, obviously.
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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by ddingus on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:47PM (#27389599)
Oh I think so too, but I really don't think that's obvious too many of the people impacted by all of this.
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