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The extortion opportunities are looking very sweet. Breach a company and charge them a keep quiet fee. Lets call it a consulting fee. If its cheaper than a GD
by kaiju0 7y ago
The extortion opportunities are looking very sweet. Breach a company and charge them a keep quiet fee. Lets call it a consulting fee. If its cheaper than a GDPR fine the company will likely do it.
- petey283 7y agoOn first blush, I would think this would at the very least force companies to improve their security.
- Nasrudith 7y agoThat brings to mind a hypothetical dysfunctional yet oddly workable system of deputization akin to ADA compliance lawyers - registered hackers able to hack and cite for violations to receive a fine portion - perhaps with a bonus for fixing on the way out. Also very cyberpunk in a satirical "Snowcrash" way. Not saying that we should adopt such a system, potentially terrible idea but it amusingly is better than other "do something" legislation in that it would actually help the target problem even if there are clear downsides.
- yardie 7y agoNo honor amongst thieves. 1 breach will lead to another breach and at some point you're paying off all these crackers.