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I was discussing this today with coworkers: companies will always do what's in their own interest even if it comes at the expense of the industry. We need to ex
by emptysongglass 5y ago
I was discussing this today with coworkers: companies will always do what's in their own interest even if it comes at the expense of the industry. We need to externalize the decision to pay ransom out of companies' hands by making it illegal to pay for unlocking.
It's going to hurt some businesses tremendously but once hackers see businesses can't pay up, these shenanigans (financially motivated, not poltically) will stop.
We have a big issue with this in Denmark now. Our government is famous for its interventionism: this is the time to intervene.
- wodenokoto 5y ago> These hackers have now published almost 2,400 files to the Dark Web, according to CNBC analysts at Q6 cyber. The files appear to be PowerPoints, case studies, quotes and the like. No comment yet on the theft from Accenture. Sounds like Accenture didn't pay.
- markus_zhang 5y agoWonder where can we download the bunch. Should be fun to read.
- gregoriol 5y agoYou probably don't want to have stolen content on your hard drives. Anyway, it's most likely boring corporate/large projects stuff that nobody cares about, otherwise they would have been a bit more worried.
- markus_zhang 5y agoOK I found an Onion link but they haven't released anything yet. And yeah good idea NOT to have anything on my HD.