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May 19, 2021
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Jay Kay
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Did their cyber insurer pay it or did they?
It’s standard practice to pay
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POLL: Do you think paying 4.4 million ransom to end the pipeline cyberattack was the right business move?
OU Cougar
5/19/21 11:27am
your answer may vary if your gas stations were completely out.
Cougarclaw
5/19/21 11:27am
What is the opportunity cost of playing hardball?
Tokolosh
5/19/21 11:29am
I don’t know enough about the business and how long it would have
cougarfann888
5/19/21 11:29am
Hopefully they were insured
BigTex
5/19/21 11:29am
They for sure had cyber insurance. It's a NIST requirement.
grosven
5/19/21 11:31am
So now the insurance company has $4.4 million in motivation to hunt them down
ryebrye
5/19/21 11:32am
Is Dog the Bounty Hunter still alive?
crack
5/19/21 11:34am
Only if it isn't the last move.
Eddie
5/19/21 11:31am
I don't know the details, but no. That's generally the wrong thing to do.
Belboz
5/19/21 11:34am
That's why there's some logic in paying the ransom
whoneedscorners?
5/19/21 11:39am
AND, this sort of thing isn't so new that companies should be so open to it
Belboz
5/19/21 11:41am
I read an article that said they have spent 200 million on it security over the
cougarfann888
5/19/21 11:43am
The problem is that most organizations think that compliance = security
whoneedscorners?
5/19/21 11:47am
compliance = checking checkboxes with auditors who know nearly nothing.
Belboz
5/19/21 11:47am
Right, but if you look at the spend of a lot of organizations
whoneedscorners?
5/19/21 12:02pm
Over the years, I've seen auditors hyper-focus on their personal pet annoyances
Belboz
5/19/21 12:18pm
it might have been for protection against intrusion
Belboz
5/19/21 11:47am
I also don't like it when people pay ransoms but I understand why some pay
fredy
5/19/21 11:51am
Do you mind telling how you got the ransomware in your company?
fredy
5/19/21 2:03pm
IFA just got attacked and they wouldn't pay. They had to just redo their entire system.
SpotOnOpinionsGuy
5/19/21 11:42am
Short term yes. Long term no. Will our intelligence agencies now re-focus?
jrifkin48
5/19/21 11:53am
Right for them, bad for the next few victims.
zonacougar
5/19/21 11:54am
Did their cyber insurer pay it or did they?
Jay Kay
5/19/21 11:57am
Obviously it must be near impossible to track where the ransom originates but it seems like
lightmann
5/19/21 11:58am
The government is well aware who most are
whoneedscorners?
5/19/21 12:01pm
You mean there's nothing they WANT to do about it.
Elwood Blues
5/19/21 12:08pm
Can anyone say -
lightmann
5/19/21 5:09pm
The FBI and cybersecurity experts have gone back and forth on 'pay or don't pay'
macdizzle
5/19/21 12:01pm
Maybe they'll secure their system better in the near future.
Shore10
5/19/21 12:04pm
Like not use passwords such as "Runner4567" or "Administrator1"
jrifkin48
5/19/21 2:45pm
They have now messed with something consider part of National security. They
Nat Gas Man
5/19/21 12:37pm
We'll see.
lightmann
5/19/21 5:10pm
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