It’s the second Las Vegas casino group to be attacked this week.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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      212 years ago

      I hope it was a plucky group of teens who were sticking it to the man and they’re gonna use that money to save a rec center or something

  • @BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
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    132 years ago

    Paying the ransom is the stupidest thing you can do when you’re hit with an attack.

    Why?

    • Emboldens the attacker to keep attacking you because now they know you’ll pay them
    • Funds the attacker’s future attacks
    • No guarantee they’ll actually stop or recover your data
    • No guarantee they’ve actually left your environment without a complete rebuild.

    A better use of ransom money would be to invest in a decent cybersecurity infrastructure to prevent this from happening in the first place, and to keep offsite backups.

    **Never trust your attacker. **

  • @Gork@lemm.ee
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    112 years ago

    What’s to stop them from just selling it on the Dark Web anyway?

  • @dan1101@lemm.ee
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    92 years ago

    Oh no! Anyways.

    I have no sympathy for those that make money from exploiting gamblers.

  • ZephyrXero
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    72 years ago

    A post about hacking from a user named ZeroCool. Yep, checks out. Heh

  • Buelldozer
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    2 years ago

    Going after Vegas Casinos is funny but probably a bad idea for your long term health. Those kinds of people get pretty grumpy when you steal from them.