U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat cyber attacks

Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by bpodgursky on Thursday June 10, 2021 @06:49PM (#27466908)

I think it would just give CEOs who want to do the right thing (and not pay) legal cover to tell the board of directors "Nope, not paying — the company is going to be shut down for a month. Deal with it, I'm not going to jail."

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Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by _hyn3 on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:15PM (#27467266)

What if it was more than a month? What if it was.. permanent?

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Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:54PM (#27467614)

Then they totally failed at continuity planning, backups... a whole lot of things.

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Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by russian-hacker on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:07PM (#27467154)

And it would give CEOs who want to do the wrong thing an avenue to destroy competitors under the table.

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Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by Agathos on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:19PM (#27467301)

You could always hire a bunch of shadowrunners to destroy your competitor's computer system, but I don't know what that has to do with ransomware.

But hey, I guess you could use cryptocurrency to pay the runners.

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Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by bpodgursky on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:30PM (#27467422)

This has always been true... and always been illegal.

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