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I wonder if a law that you can't pay ransom money for files should be passed.

This should work to take any government and larger companies off the target of these groups as they are likely to obey these laws. Kinda like the we dont negotiate with terrorists approach.




Yep. I'm actually surprised it isn't already illegal, given that the money is likely being used to fund organized crime, rogue states, etc.


Not only that, there's money to be made by insiders leaking (or even creating) security holes for the hackers to exploit and then getting a kickback.


Absolutely.

It's sort of the same as the "We don't negotiate with hostage-takers" policy. Once you negotiate, it's now a strategy known to work and you'll signal how good of a tactic it is.


Exactly. It's going to incentivize more hacking




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