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I think ransom is also a bit of a misnomer that the hackers deliberately use to frame the transaction in a more positive light. I mean, it's just extortion. No
by shiandow 1y ago
I think ransom is also a bit of a misnomer that the hackers deliberately use to frame the transaction in a more positive light.
I mean, it's just extortion. Nothing is being ransomed, you don't get something back and you can't really secure something already lost. It suffers from the same problems as other forms of extortion, namely that you can't really trust the other party to do what you want and really they have no incentive to do so.
- chii 1y agobut the parent post's point still stands - extortion (or ransom) requires something important to be held. If the private data of customers is not actually important, it cannot be used as a threat in the extortion.
- praash 1y agoI don't think data leak extortioners have any incentive to even pretend they won't keep asking further payment. Why not just offer a monthly subscription "service"?
- LadyCailin 1y agoAt that point, the company should just pay for an actual security team.
- naldb 1y agoSecurity is not a binary state. You can pay as much as you want but there’s no assurance that you won’t be hacked.
- gessha 1y agoGreat, now even crime groups are following consultancy advice. \s
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- southernplaces7 1y agothanks for the laugh, gave me a good chuckle by ".exe file"
- cindyllm 1y ago[dead]