US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware payments to hackers

Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by salamanderss on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:43AM (#38085614)

It wouldn't surprise me if places like Nigeria have a bunch of semi-whitewashed English speaking faces/voices to perform this kind of grey area work. Even better if some of their family is part of a hostage taking gang so they can burn the candle from both ends.

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by boeingUH60 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:19AM (#38086171)

Nigeria (my country) is pretty bad, but we don't do ransomware, lol.

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by salamanderss on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:52AM (#38086786)

I responded to a comment on hostage and ransom negotiation business. Hostages aren't normally considered ransomware, although said negotiators would have excellent overlapping skill set.

Travel.gov has an advisory for hostage taking in your country. I can assure you there are well spoken negotiators in your nation to deal with that.

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by nerdypirate on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @01:00PM (#38087924)

I'm afraid, you are wrong, criminal gangs or masterminds are not that organized in Nigeria

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by salamanderss on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @01:48PM (#38088657)

Cool here's a documentary with an English speaking hostage negotiator in Nigeria with family in the other side of the business (talks start around 4:30).

I'm afraid, YOU are wrong. My opinion wasn't idle thought but derived from research on Nigeria rather than some weird borderline racist baseless rhetoric that Nigerians don't have this level of organization.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nG09Bo3uvAw

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by edgyquant on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:31PM (#38090945)

Didn’t vice catch a bunch of flack for over sensationalizing their “reporting?” Regardless I’d be more inclined to believe an actual Nigerian than a YouTube video. That person didn’t say there were zero people doing this, they said it wasn’t likely Nigeria had a widespread and systemic issue with organized crime doing this.

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by salamanderss on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:24PM (#38091582)

Cool let's deconstruct:

>Didn’t vice catch a bunch of flack for over sensationalizing their “reporting?”

Awesome ad hominem against the people recording actual Nigerians testimony.

>Regardless I’d be more inclined to believe an actual Nigerian than a YouTube video

And I provide video with actual Nigerians yet it's crickets from you when some guy just flippantly says I'm wrong with no supporting facts. Unless by actual Nigerians you want one to jump through the screen and talk to us... we're going to have to settle for electronic communication. It's what worth noting the Nigerian commenter above denied ransomware related activities but never denied the rest.

>That person didn’t say there were zero people doing this, they said it wasn’t likely Nigeria had a widespread and systemic issue with organized crime doing this.

They said what they said, not what you've retranslated them to say. I never said the issue was systemic, but if they really said that then their flippant dismissal was just as invalid as they'd be addressing a strawman.

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by costco on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:44PM (#38092401)

Except a few billion a year in gift card, business email compromise, and romance scams. But yeah, Nigeria is not really a ransomware source country.

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