U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism, official says

Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by xupybd on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:54PM (#27389642)

You have to enforce standards. Good security is expensive. If companies in competition don't have to pay for good security those that do have it will have higher costs and have trouble competing.

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by joe_the_user on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:23PM (#27390209)

Why I said you have to actually force the standards down people's throat, with laws or liability. Restaurants don't like health standards either.

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by xupybd on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:07AM (#27391064)

Yep, wasn't disagreeing just wanted to highlight the importance of enforcement / regulations. This much like work place safety. You have to force it or the unsafe businesses get too much of an advantage.

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by fsckboy on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:08PM (#27390111)

> "running power plants is expensive, if companies in competition don't have to run their own power plants then the ones that do will have higher costs and will have trouble competing"

running power plants is expensive, if companies in competition don't have to run their own power plants then the ones that do will have higher costs and will have trouble competing

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by toomuchtodo on Friday June 04, 2021 @12:30AM (#27390564)

Texas? Winterization that wasn’t done and wasn’t required, and thereby those generators who didn’t had a more competitive edge? The similarities write themselves.

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by xupybd on Friday June 04, 2021 @01:33AM (#27390918)

Thanks, that explains it.

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