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Hamilton refuses to pay hackers 'huge' ransom in wake of cyberattack (www.cp24.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

To stop hackers all places like cities, hospitals, corps, etc should legally be forced to have a proper backup strategy...so hacker says pay me for your data, and everyone says eff off

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mandating cyber insurance coverage could help as well and help align financial interests with cybersecurity ones

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, agreed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hamilton did have cyber insurance, I bet their premium is through the roof now

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