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> The US Gov should make it clear, if you are a critical service and if your service drops due to items being on the internet, for each occurances 10% of your t
by JackFr 6y ago
> The US Gov should make it clear, if you are a critical service and if your service drops due to items being on the internet, for each occurances 10% of your total revenue (including your parent companies) are forfeited.
Make it a crime to pay the ransom in a ransomware attack.
Make it a crime to fail to report a ransomware attack in a timely manner.
Ransomware attacks (and companies with poor security practices) will go away.
- hanniabu 6y agoJust like all other laws that companies break, they'll just get a slap on the wrist and continue their ways
- wutXthree 6y ago>Make it a crime to fail to report a ransomware attack in a timely manner. You mean like "18 U.S. Code § 4 - Misprision of felony" [0]? [0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/4 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/4
- clarkmoody 6y agoMake it a crime to possess, consume, or distribute substances that are bad for people. Make it a crime for people to knowingly withhold information about such activities from the authorities. Abuse of substances, trafficking, and associated criminality will go away. But seriously... > Make it a crime to pay the ransom in a ransomware attack. Ok, so ... what should a company do? File a report with some government agency or with an insurance company and wait until the bureaucratic process maybe results in being able to pay the ransom to resume business operations? Punishing the victim of a crime? Really? > Make it a crime to fail to report a ransomware attack in a timely manner. Further punishing the victim of a crime? Really? > Ransomware attacks (and companies with poor security practices) will go away. lol
- JackFr 6y agoI don’t see an analogy to drug laws. Is your point simply that such a law is impractical to enforce? Paying extortionists begets more extortion. The only argument I’m seeing is a bunch of hand waving and people telling me I’m being hopelessly naive. I don’t think I am.
- wutXthree 6y agoThere is already a law. It's called misprison of felony.