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A friend of a co-worker works for a contracting agency with services including incident response for data ransoms. He says their go-to tactic is to haggle with
by oxygen_crisis 3y ago
A friend of a co-worker works for a contracting agency with services including incident response for data ransoms. He says their go-to tactic is to haggle with the ransomers to bring the ransom down to some fraction of what the customer paid them and then implying to the customer that they cracked the key.
- lyu07282 3y agoAssuming the security consultant and the ransom gang are even distinct people at all. IT Sec is such an incredibly shady industry.
- acer589 3y agoThat's what Garmin ended up doing. The group had sanctions, so they had to pay a British company. https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353842/garmin-ransomware-attack-wearables-wastedlocker-evil-corp https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353842/garmin-ransomware...