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They might be saving for bigger things, however this is a lot more than $3million. It's about holding the US economy hostage, as these will increase in frequenc
by onetimemanytime 5y ago
They might be saving for bigger things, however this is a lot more than $3million. It's about holding the US economy hostage, as these will increase in frequency.
- stingraycharles 5y agoHow is this holding the US economy hostage?
- kick_in_the_doo 5y agoRandomware attacks on energy (oil and potentially electric grid) and hospitals. And that's only what we've seen so far.
- cdaven 5y ago"Randomware" sounds much more fun. Like Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, but for software. :-)
- arcticbull 5y agoYou may know it as "undefined behavior" ;)
- kick_in_the_doo 5y agoXD
- galaxyLogic 5y agoIndeed, stopping large-scale oil pipelines means US economy is held hostage, to a degree. Not all of it but some of it. Question is will it increase or not. This FBI action gives us some hope that criminals can be stopped.
- 7dare 5y agoCan be stopped? Doesn't sound like this is what happened here, the company paying the ransom is what stopped the hostage. The FBI simply recovered the ransom (and some more), but probably can't cover for the economic damage from the hold-up.