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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by derefr on Thursday June 03, 2021 @06:21PM (#27388181)
The NSA’s mission-statement in domestic civic cybersecurity is to ensure the flow of commerce, i.e. to protect GDP. They aren’t going to patch things in a way that makes them not do their jobs any more. That’d be an “attack on commerce” just as much as exploiting the vuln would be.
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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by Kalium on Thursday June 03, 2021 @06:24PM (#27388205)
That's true in broad strokes, but I'm trying to portray things from the position of an executive. Having a bunch of outsiders that you have no real influence over in charge of your systems is terrifying.

The alternatives are a regulatory system for information security or offering advice and hoping companies implement it. There's a lot of advice on offer.

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