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Paying Ransoms should be criminalized as there is far more damage from allowing this to continue then having a few systems wiped and restored from backups. Not
by silexia 5y ago
Paying Ransoms should be criminalized as there is far more damage from allowing this to continue then having a few systems wiped and restored from backups.
Not taking steps to have cybersecurity in companies should be criminalized as well... I am a CEO and thinks CEO's should be held directly criminally responsible for this.
Finally, any nation that allows hackers to operate from within their borders should be subject to 100x over damages caused sanctions. Countries without strong governments to enforce this should have direct airstrikes conducted against the individual hackers.
- mjevans 5y agoIf you think the 100X damages is overkill please reconsider within this framework: Any nation that harbors international terrorists by not at least attempting to hold them accountable is implicitly operating an outsourced covert activities team. The actions of any such team should be considered representative of that country and thus this would be an act of guerilla warfare.
- warlog 5y agoNukem from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.