Comment on Ransomware Hackers Steal Millions From Vegas Casinos

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sure, but I’m not shedding too many tears in this case.

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  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    When they use these funds to attack more targets, including schools, hospitals etc will you be happy then?

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If they figure out that casinos and the like are far more profitable, they’ll leave the schools alone.

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      • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You give these cuts much higher morals than they have.

        They are not robin hood, they are criminal gangs who will attack anyone and everyone.

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      • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don't see how that figures at all. Ransomware attacks are like spam. You cast wide. It's nopt liek a zero-sum game, where your number of attacks are limited

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    • MYCOOLNEJM@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mean… Do schools and hospitals have that kind of money at all? You attack school with ransomware and then what? Ask them to pay? With what money, lol? Are they going to pay in kids chromebooks? It’s far more lucrative to attack something that actually has money

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      • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They are a regular targets:

        The FBI is investigating a multiple-state hospital ransomware attack

        15 healthcare systems have been hit with ransomware attacks in 2023

        Schools Are a Top Target of Ransomware Attacks, and It’s Getting Worse

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