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Perhaps it's possible for the public to outbid the parasite's owners and pay the ransomware group to just shred the entire operation. As companies become ever m

Perhaps it's possible for the public to outbid the parasite's owners and pay the ransomware group to just shred the entire operation. As companies become ever more virtual, the corporate death penalty ala Fight Club or Mr. Robot seems ever more plausible.

rainbowzootsuit 3y ago
Something between John Oliver burning $15M in medical debt and Tyler Durden with vans full of nitroglycerin.
bluGill 3y ago
They will be pack if you pay. The only safe payment is in fbi tracked money. then track the guilty down and put them in prison (or what ever reform program). If the country they live in won't give them up that is an act of war and send NATO in.
- waihtis 3y ago
  In practice, cyber attacks dont seem to trigger even discussion of article 5. It will be interesting to see if we reach a state where they do
  - p_l 3y ago
    There was a discussion of including cyber attacks as military action before 2020 among NATO leadership, iirc.
    - TeMPOraL 3y ago
      Wasn't a hot news item some 4+ years back that US decided to include cyberattacks on the list of acts that potentially warrant nuclear retaliation?
- Geisterde 3y ago
  You might think about geopolitics a bit too much if you reach for article 5 because of cyber crime, maybe a bit too much wargaming in your head, things are kind of tense these days and I dont think invading a country would be an appropriate or mature response.
- theGnuMe 3y ago
  This is a war, just a cyber war.. these groups are russian backed.