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Ransomware hackers nervous, allege harassment from U.S.

• schleck8 5y ago
  > One of those, Conti, which regularly locks hospital computers and holds them for ransom — often delaying medical procedures if hell is real, these people surely have a place reserved
  • xupybd 5y ago
    Yeah taking down the IT of a hospital risks lives. That's not cool.
    • hulitu 5y ago
      It is not cool. Using systems with lax security is also "not cool". No worry. With win 11 we will all be secure. And pray to the divine trinity: Gates, Balmer, Nadella.
      • schleck8 5y ago
        With a targeted hack the OS doesn't really matter. Either way, there already is mainstream ransomware for Linux. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc0J5fEuWSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc0J5fEuWSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_L6wG8-Gnw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_L6wG8-Gnw
• kgeist 5y ago
  I used to know a Russian carder, he didn't think he did anything wrong. Their excuse was, "here in Russia we're poor, and Americans are rich! If they lose some money, no one will really be hurt!" Fortunately they were all later caught in a raid by police after one of the foreign victims didn't give up and tipped the local police. That can explain why they think of themselves as the victims here, and why attacking US organizations is OK.