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In reply to the discussion: Colonial Pipeline Reportedly Paid $5M Ransom to Free Data System [View all]DENVERPOPS
(8,810 posts)58. The insurance premiums are probably
just short of how much the cyber thieves would demand...........
and a ton more to pay for future security costs of improvement......
Soon, all these corporations will figure out a way to ask the Politicians to make a law that the federal gov't will cover the costs for a small token of what the insurance companies want for the coverage.
Crazy?
What about the Federal Insurance program for flood insurance???? No insurance company would touch flood insurance for any amount of money, so the feds offer the insurance for a considerably cheaper price. When you see all those coastline uber wealthy homes that get totaled in a hurricane????? You can be sure that a large portion is subsidized by taxpayers thru that gov't flood insurance...........
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No. RSA encryption means, without the unique key for that individual infection, you've had it.
PSPS
May 2021
#31
Especially since Colonial didn't HAVE to turn off the tap, but since they did, prices shot up. They
FailureToCommunicate
May 2021
#49
While that is true of some crypto currencies, others are much harder to trace....
getagrip_already
May 2021
#15
hint - cyber criminals don't use bitcoin, and it wasn't china..... n/t
getagrip_already
May 2021
#35
I don't understand why President Biden is to blame for a private company being hacked!
kimbutgar
May 2021
#46
This is terrorism and I hope Biden responds appropriately, like a drone-strike on the hackers homes.
Devil Child
May 2021
#63