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If governments made it illegal to pay ransoms, this sort of thing would happen 100x less often. What did they always say in 90s action movies: “the policy of th
by gentleman11 6y ago
If governments made it illegal to pay ransoms, this sort of thing would happen 100x less often. What did they always say in 90s action movies: “the policy of this administration is to never give in to terrorist demands”?
- petee 6y agoA bleepingcomputer article linked below mentions it's possible Garmin would be violating US sanctions by paying the ransom, since Evil Corp (the supposed operators of this ransomware) was sanctioned by the US Treasury department https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/garmin-outage-caused-by-confirmed-wastedlocker-ransomware-attack/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/garmin-outage...
- sukilot 6y agoWhat the government needs to do is do it's job of providing national security and mandate serious security protocols and help deployment funded by progressive income and wealth tax or steep fines covered by insurance with rates set by appraisers.