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If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more
techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/if-you-pay-a-hackers-ransom-chances-are-that-theyll-come-back-for-more/posted in Technology
If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more
techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/if-you-pay-a-hackers-ransom-chances-are-that-theyll-come-back-for-more/Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
Paying a ransom doesn’t buy trust: It buys hope from people who have already proven they’re willing to extort you! If criminals learn that victims pay, asking for a second ransom isn’t a betrayal of the deal. It’s just the next logical business decision. 🤷
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
“It’s not X it’s Y” LLM slop BS.
Comment history is full of similar chatgpt slop.
Edit: go ahead and downvote me all you want but mark my words - in 1 to 3 months this account is going to switch to shilling the online marketing strategy consulting website it’s already heavily advertising in its profile. The website is literally promoting marketing bots pretending to be real people to sell you stuff.
Replying to @Blackfeathr@lemmy.world
Unlike you, I always speak openly under my own name. Unlike you, I don’t run an army of sock puppets. Unlike you, I’ve been active on the Web and Fediverse for decades. Unlike you, I’m not a block warden. Go and troll somewhere else. Bye! 👋
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
“I always speak openly under my own name”
Has generic, anonymous username
“I’ve been on the fediverse for decades”
Account is 11 days old and the fediverse hasn’t even existed for a fraction of that time.
Replying to @CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
I‘ve been on identi.ca back in 2008. What about you? 🤷
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
Oh yeah, I started on there myself back in 1892 when the server was powered by steam engines.