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I 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.
Any real, as in flesh and blood, person(s) arrested? Otherwise this is only a small delay.
I 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.
Any real, as in flesh and blood, person(s) arrested? Otherwise this is only a small delay.
I don't agree with this. It's about incentives. If you make it too painful to conduct this type of crime, perpetrators will give up.
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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.
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Seems as if they're willing to fight dirty over the internet, but not to do anything physically.
What did you expect, invading Russia?
Russian doesn't gain anything from having it's citizens attack US hospitals.
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Seems as if they're willing to fight dirty over the internet, but not to do anything physically.
What did you expect, invading Russia?
I 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.