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

Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by Analemma_ on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:51PM (#38087781)

Have fun being the DA who presses charges against a mother of three who paid so their kids could see daddy again instead of watching him get beheaded by terrorists.

It's sounds nice in the abstract; in practice it's political suicide.

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by sgjohnson on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:25PM (#38090862)

> It's sounds nice in the abstract; in practice it's political suicide.

Depends on how you spin it. I suspect it would be quite easy to spin the narrative on this one. "So you knowingly funded a terrorist group that's likely going to use the money to commit further crimes against US citizens?" or something of the sort. Have some experts testify on that too, preferably ones in officers uniform.

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Re:US-led coalition of nations agrees to end ransomware paym... by toyg on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @02:24AM (#38095161)

Everyone is a maximalist with other people's loved ones.

Becoming as inhuman as your opponent is not the answer.

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