Absolute stupidity: Cybersecurity experts condemn White House for breaking with FBI and suggesting private companies could pay ransomware

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9566489/Cybersecurity-experts-condemn-White-House-suggesting-companies-canpay-ransomware-demands.html

ha, probably wanted it paid so it would end up in his own pocket eventually:

update: important info page 2 from one of us
here’s the article

‘Absolute stupidity’: Cybersecurity experts condemn White House for breaking with FBI and suggesting private companies could pay ransomware demands

* Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber, says it is up to private sector to decide whether to pay ransomware gangs

* But cybersecurity experts say handing over cash risks encouraging more attacks

* Digital Warfare’s James Knight said paying a ransom might be necessary but it was ‘foolish’ to acknowledge it publicly
* The FBI tells victims never to cave to the demands of ransomware gangs

* White House says it is monitoring fuel shortages triggered by attack on Colonial Pipeline

and adding fuel to the fire – this vid is all over GLP and belongs here tooL

h/t beeches