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For sure. I mean who knows how many big corps have been owned that we don’t know about. I suppose if you dump something like Gmail users, hypothetically, then t
by skilled 3y ago
For sure. I mean who knows how many big corps have been owned that we don’t know about. I suppose if you dump something like Gmail users, hypothetically, then there is no way Google wouldn’t cough up the money.
But by the looks of it a lot of these groups are after specific targets, for example - chipmakers. No way they want their secrets out in the public so they’ll happily pay up, especially if they are from places outside of the US.
I sometimes see on my Twitter feed, alerts of big Bitcoin transactions that are never disclosed publicly but are associated with well known laundering networks.
- anon84873628 3y agoI highly doubt Google would pay. There is a 0% chance they prevent the public (and government) from finding out the attack took place, and there is no way to guarantee the attackers actually delete the data. It is lose-lose for them because of the reputation effects. Unlike the casino or other industries where people don't expect them to be cybersecurity experts nor care to change their behavior anyway.