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I think it would just give CEOs who want to do the right thing (and not pay) legal cover to tell the board of directors "Nope, not paying — the company is going
by bpodgursky 5y ago
I think it would just give CEOs who want to do the right thing (and not pay) legal cover to tell the board of directors "Nope, not paying — the company is going to be shut down for a month. Deal with it, I'm not going to jail."
- russian-hacker 5y agoAnd it would give CEOs who want to do the wrong thing an avenue to destroy competitors under the table.
- Agathos 5y agoYou could always hire a bunch of shadowrunners to destroy your competitor's computer system, but I don't know what that has to do with ransomware. But hey, I guess you could use cryptocurrency to pay the runners.
- bpodgursky 5y agoThis has always been true... and always been illegal.
- _hyn3 5y agoWhat if it was more than a month? What if it was.. permanent?
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThen they totally failed at continuity planning, backups... a whole lot of things.