On: Travelex being held to ransom by hackers

[nradov]

We need to make paying ransoms to hackers illegal. If that results in the victimized companies going bankrupt then that is an acceptable consequence pour encourager les autres.

[lallysingh → nradov]

I think it has to come down to insurance-mandated security requirements.

[Scoundreller → nradov]

And enforce it.

Canada doesn’t let you pay hostage ransoms (per law), but has never charged anyone either.