Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data | It’s the second Las Vegas casino group to be attacked this week.::Caesars Entertainment reportedly paid “tens of millions of dollars” to hackers who threatened to release company data.

  • uhmbah
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    1 year ago

    Incentive. Now it’s a business.

    • XTornado@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it would stop them, but I guess it could be tried.

      If it’s important enough people would pay anyway (maybe in a more hidden way but nonetheless would pay).

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        If they can’t get anything out of it, then they are just wasting their time with the chance of getting caught.

        They will stop soon enough.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah… like making it illegal to buy drugs. It always works so well.

          • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            well I think we’re all in favor of opening rehabilitation clinics for rich corporations that decide to cut corners.