Comment on Ransomware Hackers Steal Millions From Vegas Casinos

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not about morals. Why rob a candy store when a bank is around the corner?

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      • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • Maeve@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because a candy store has neither the budget nor capabilities for security that a bank has, including armed security.

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I suspect this will change once insurance companies stop giving coverage for ransomware. It’s already been happening for a few years.

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    • MYCOOLNEJM@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Welp, if you’re targeting schools and hospitals, that means, you’re pretty fucking stupid. And if you’re pretty fucking stupid, then there’s a high change you’re going to get caught sooner or later. So whatever, lol

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