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The attack on Colonial Pipeline by hackers is bringing new attention to a potentially radical proposal to fight ransomware: making it illegal for victims to pay their attackers.

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Wow. “It might also help combat an array of other crimes that profits from ransomware attacks are often used to fund, such as human trafficking and child exploitation.”

Isn't it US policy NOT to negotiate with terrorists? Let's codify that.

Government must place a total ban on ransom payment that sets very dangerous precedence of sustained emboldened activity. Instead we work with global nations in expeditiously tracking all hideouts of perpetrators of ransomwares no matter geographic location

How about just scrap pointless mass connectivity.

Here's my idea: ban the entire Soviet bloc from the Internet. When their governments stop being and abetting gangsters, they can come back to playing with the rest of the world.

This is a good idea

Good offensive & hits hackers in their pocket books, lessens their relevance & proves that companies can still exist post hack.

Fwiw, channel9 here in denver is reporting they ponied up $5m.

This is on a par with the grounding of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given , if that's what happened in that case. Egyptian authorities said that 'technical or human errors' may have been involved.

I mean, that's a way to do it I guess? Another way is for corporations to not cut corners on their IOT and cyber security budgets and for CSOs to actually be allowed to properly shop out for best in breed solutions..

Soooo, how would you stop the attackers from attacking and how would you recover from the shut-down of...let’s say a multi-state pipeline?

It also should bring awareness to the utilization of crypto currencies to make tracking the cyber terrorists more difficult, thus enabling them.

The real radical (and sensible) proposal, which was fought for at Standing Rock, is to stop building pipelines. GreenNewDeal

You can thank Trump for this. The tratior is giving Putin secrets. The tratior needs to be locked up in Gitmo.

yes, then US East Coast gasoline supply would have been well and truly screwed.

The legality of this should be mandated as a continual update of their firewalls. That is the only way randsomeware can be fought.

Sure, charge the victim…

Is it possible to find a good guy on Twitter?

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