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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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