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Ransomware is a gift — people are exposing insecure systems only for a few million dollars of payout. A more nefarious actor would do more nefarious things than
by spoonjim 5y ago
Ransomware is a gift — people are exposing insecure systems only for a few million dollars of payout. A more nefarious actor would do more nefarious things than just collect what is at the nation-state scale a very small amount of money. More ransomware will accelerate security improvements and protect systems from CCP, Five Eyes, etc.
- px43 5y agoAgreed, same for crypto miners IMO. These consequences are significantly more benign than if real criminals had gotten into the system. It's essentially a decentralized bug bounty program that every large company who connects to the internet has to opt in to.
- thehappypm 5y agoThis argument is pretty weird: ransomware is bad, but there's a potentially worse actor out there, so ransomware is good? I'd say that's like someone robbing a bank, but saying "someone else could have robbed you for more".
- spoonjim 5y agoYes, if someone sticks up your bank for $10 then it likely benefits you in the long run since you implement security measures for when the million dollar stickup man comes by.
- mixmastamyk 5y agoI'd liken it to giving your immune system a work out to better prepare for next year.