On: Companies may be punished for paying ransoms to sanctioned hackers

[leecarraher]

I agree, this is a classic do as I say not as I do situation. Punish businesses for paying out ransomware ransomes meanwhile the government(mainly local, but sometimes larger) pay out routinely when their systems are compromised.

[Ottolay → leecarraher]

Much of the proposed legislation applies to local governments too.

E.G. http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/05/12/as-nc-lawmakers-fa...

[cortesoft → leecarraher]

“Government” is not a monolith.... the group trying to punish for paying ransoms is not the same group paying out ransoms