US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat
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#2Wow. $4mil just like that.
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#3We are truly in the age of rich data pirates. I dont see them becoming extinct any time soon with decent ROI like this.
I would be curious to learn the % of origins for most attacks.
[1] Incompetence by dumb employees
[2] Insider attacks
[3] Paid cybersecurity protection racket that take down strong systems with stolen tech
[4] Unskilled or understaffed security employees
Re: US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat
#4This is basically an advertisement for a career in black hat hacking.
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#5Gotta love that they pitch this as a "service" they provide. The person talking to them must have been seething at having to treat them like "professionals" too.
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#6Maybe I just don't understand either the ThreadReader or Reuters article, but I couldn't find a transcript of the chat linked anywhere? Does anyone else know where it is?
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#7This story is going to be used by every security consultant selling their services for a long, long time.
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#8Gotta love that they pitch this as a "service" they provide. The person talking to them must have been seething at having to treat them like "professionals" too.
Isn't that almost a cliche of organized crime? It's not enough to be rich, powerful, feared, people also have to pretend to like and respect you?
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#9This story is going to be used by every security consultant selling their services for a long, long time.
When I started my career I'd always hear old greybeards talk about "oh this one time.. some certain thing happened, and everyone learnt a lesson" and I feel like I just witnessed one of those come into existence
Re: US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat
#10We are truly in the age of rich data pirates. I dont see them becoming extinct any time soon with decent ROI like this. I would be curious to learn the % of origins for most attacks. [1] Incompetence by dumb employees [2] Insider attacks [3] Paid cybersecurity protection racket that take down strong systems with stolen tech [4] Unskilled or understaffed security employees
The US needs to pass a Federal law making it personally (not just "corporately") illegal to pay ransom. That would stop them because it would kill the market.
Historically it's how they stop kidnapping in countries where it's common. It REALLY sucks for the first few people after the law is passed, but after that things get better.