If you pay a hacker's ransom, chances are that they'll come back for more | TechCrunch
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The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it's impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there's no incentive for the other side to actually walk away.
  • Lemmayng@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    7 days ago

    Yeah, no shit. Trump has shown what happens when you bend ov-I mean, give the bully your lunch money.

  • kazerniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    and that’s why governments don’t negotiate with terrorists / hostage-takers - if the attackers achieve what they want that way, you just encourage them to do it more

  • markon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    This is one thing Mythos Class AI is going to be good for. Don’t pay the hackers. Hack the hackers. And then take their money. This is now a lawless world.

      • Washedupcynic@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        They are clearly from the hidden leaf village, probably a member of the Uchiha clan considering their propensity for fire (smoke) based jutsu.

  • eicker@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1613·
    7 days ago

    Paying a ransom doesn’t buy trust: It buys hope from people who have already proven they’re willing to extort you! If criminals learn that victims pay, asking for a second ransom isn’t a betrayal of the deal. It’s just the next logical business decision. 🤷

    • The Velour Fog @lemmy.worldEnglish
      255·
      7 days ago

      “It’s not X it’s Y” LLM slop BS.

      Comment history is full of similar chatgpt slop.

      Edit: go ahead and downvote me all you want but mark my words - in 1 to 3 months this account is going to switch to shilling the online marketing strategy consulting website it’s already heavily advertising in its profile. The website is literally promoting marketing bots pretending to be real people to sell you stuff.

      • eicker@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        221·
        6 days ago

        Unlike you, I always speak openly under my own name. Unlike you, I don’t run an army of sock puppets. Unlike you, I’ve been active on the Web and Fediverse for decades. Unlike you, I’m not a block warden. Go and troll somewhere else. Bye! 👋

        • The Velour Fog @lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          6 days ago

          “Hey ChatGPT, generate me an epic roast of this guy that wouldn’t be out of place if it were in a Neopets forum in 2005. Include a stupid emoji at the end too.”

        • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          171·
          7 days ago

          “I always speak openly under my own name”

          Has generic, anonymous username

          “I’ve been on the fediverse for decades”

          Account is 11 days old and the fediverse hasn’t even existed for a fraction of that time.