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Re:US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack by wrycoder on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:37PM (#27719169)
Maybe you’re a state actor and a ransom demand, at least an overt one, is not your objective.
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Re:US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack by cherryturnover on Saturday July 03, 2021 @12:16AM (#27719309)
My mind went there as well. Say I'm an affluent oligarch shorting major companies. I'd paying the ransom group to massively attack the company or various companies. Then cash out during the chaos.
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Re:US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack by whimsicalism on Saturday July 03, 2021 @11:30AM (#27722257)
Yes, except for the fact that we don't hear about most of these attacks because both the attacker and attacked keep them quiet.

That doesn't jive with your market manipulation hypothesis.

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