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I am a shady company who wants to take down a competitor. I can hire a hacker who'll do the dirty job for me and then get paid in cold hard cash. Or a nation st
by infinityplus1 5y ago
I am a shady company who wants to take down a competitor. I can hire a hacker who'll do the dirty job for me and then get paid in cold hard cash.
Or a nation state actor can decide to attack an enemy country's infrastructure.
- nkrisc 5y agoSo? If their goal is destruction what does that have to do with ransomware? They can do that whether paying the ransom is legal or not.
- infinityplus1 5y agoDeception? It can confuse the target about the motives of the attack.
- nkrisc 5y agoSo they were going to destroy data anyway, so this isn’t what outlawing ransom payments is meant prevent because it can’t. It will prevent ransomware for profit if no one pays.