Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline
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Re: Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline
#2Any real, as in flesh and blood, person(s) arrested? Otherwise this is only a small delay.
Re: Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline
#3Any real, as in flesh and blood, person(s) arrested? Otherwise this is only a small delay.
The US probably doesn't have jurisdiction over anyone involved, so no.
Re: Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline
#4Re: Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline
#5Any real, as in flesh and blood, person(s) arrested? Otherwise this is only a small delay.
If you are gonna be in a ransomware gang, be sure your operations do not occour in a country which has jurisdiction over you. So i would say no.
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#8I hope this is a sign of things to come. Train robberies and privateering were common because the culprits were rarely caught. I feel ransomware has been so successful because it operated in an environment where you never get caught.
The solution is always the same, step up the enforcement.
Re: Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline
#9I hope this is a sign of things to come. Train robberies and privateering were common because the culprits were rarely caught. I feel ransomware has been so successful because it operated in an environment where you never get caught. The solution is always the same, step up the enforcement.
Stepping up enforcement fails all the time. If you want ransomware to stop being effective, make it illegal to pay the ransom.
Re: Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline
#10I hope this is a sign of things to come. Train robberies and privateering were common because the culprits were rarely caught. I feel ransomware has been so successful because it operated in an environment where you never get caught. The solution is always the same, step up the enforcement.
Stepping up enforcement fails all the time. If you want ransomware to stop being effective, make it illegal to pay the ransom.
The main argument against making ransom payments illegal is that it simply drives ransom payments underground. Legislating something, similar to vices like drugs, alcohol or gambling, doesn't make it go away.