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Once you pay 'em the Danegeld You'll never be rid of the Dane

• sharken 5y ago
  I don't see why you have to pick on the Danes :) But the similarities are there, although the person's behind the ransomware attacks are probably not vikings.
  • hprotagonist 5y ago
    https://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html https://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.htm... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld
  • coldcode 5y ago
    The ancestors of the Russians were themselves Vikings. Their kingdom of Rus is where the name came from.