A group of 20-somethings with names like "Big Balls" gain unauthorized access to your servers, delete data, take your website down, and now you can't serve your customers and your organization goes belly up unless you pay money to a mafia boss.
Sounds a lot like ransomware, doesn't it? When your government starts imitating ransomware playbooks, it's a four-alarm fire. At least in theory one can negotiate with ransomware actors.
@Viss @briankrebs this is something I have been wondering the past few weeks.
How can we make the laws work, b/c they clearly are crumbling, unless somehow the courts are able to claw back control.
@Viss @briankrebs unless the courts are really up to arresting folks for contempt and putting them in jail. I partly fear that though b/c what happen if they force a confrontation. Are the officers going to be up to that situation?
If they don't put their foot down then they are basically useless.
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