Comments on: The cost of ransomware attacks will go beyond 9000 in the next decade http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-cost-of-ransomware-attacks-will-go-beyond-9000-in-the-next-decade "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:30:47 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-cost-of-ransomware-attacks-will-go-beyond-9000-in-the-next-decade#comment-5220 spyked Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:13:31 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=414#comment-5220 And in <a href="https://archive.ph/abAE6" rel="nofollow">other lulz</a>, the "security" of boot shatters like a piece of very brittle glass against a hard floor. The smallest violin in the world keeps playing its sad tune. Y'know, I could have just as well posted my comment <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2019/bootloading-operating-systems" rel="nofollow">here</a> or <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2023/on-open-sores-supply-chainz" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I know, I know, I keep repeating myself... and for what? And in other lulz, the "security" of boot shatters like a piece of very brittle glass against a hard floor. The smallest violin in the world keeps playing its sad tune.

Y'know, I could have just as well posted my comment here or here. I know, I know, I keep repeating myself... and for what?

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-cost-of-ransomware-attacks-will-go-beyond-9000-in-the-next-decade#comment-5212 spyked Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:59:28 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=414#comment-5212 Now check out this <a href="https://archive.ph/TzLKW" rel="nofollow">epic lulz</a>. I must be a prophet, am I not? Well, no, this sort of thing was just *that* easy to see. And it's just the tip of the iceberg. Now check out this epic lulz. I must be a prophet, am I not?

Well, no, this sort of thing was just *that* easy to see. And it's just the tip of the iceberg.

]]> By: The Lost Tools of Learning, annotated « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-cost-of-ransomware-attacks-will-go-beyond-9000-in-the-next-decade#comment-4149 The Lost Tools of Learning, annotated « The Tar Pit Sun, 07 May 2023 14:20:17 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=414#comment-4149 [...] is an excellent idea and pretty much what I've been doing, say, here or here among other places. The press is an easy target for this kind of deconstruction, starting [...] [...] is an excellent idea and pretty much what I've been doing, say, here or here among other places. The press is an easy target for this kind of deconstruction, starting [...]

]]> By: "Open" "source" « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-cost-of-ransomware-attacks-will-go-beyond-9000-in-the-next-decade#comment-3963 "Open" "source" « The Tar Pit Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:31:24 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=414#comment-3963 [...] you folks'll rewrite systemd in Rust and all will be well, won't it? Well, thus far I'm unimpressed. Rust seems a definite step backwards, in terms of complexity if for no other [...] [...] you folks'll rewrite systemd in Rust and all will be well, won't it? Well, thus far I'm unimpressed. Rust seems a definite step backwards, in terms of complexity if for no other [...]

]]> By: WarGames « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-cost-of-ransomware-attacks-will-go-beyond-9000-in-the-next-decade#comment-3056 WarGames « The Tar Pit Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:04:52 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=414#comment-3056 [...] get it wrong, either intentionally, through backdoors4, or otherwise unintentionally through simple incompetence. On the other hand however, once working automation is deployed in the field, everyone will have to [...] [...] get it wrong, either intentionally, through backdoors4, or otherwise unintentionally through simple incompetence. On the other hand however, once working automation is deployed in the field, everyone will have to [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-cost-of-ransomware-attacks-will-go-beyond-9000-in-the-next-decade#comment-668 spyked Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:55:50 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=414#comment-668 O wow, that's quite a refreshing piece, thank you! For some reason it reminds me of the ol' sidewalk curb placing "businesses" in Bucharest, only now with New York subways. "They do things differently over in the West", he said -- no man, they do things in precisely the same brain-damaged manner, with the very same results and so on. Anyways, <blockquote>They are panic hiring a security engineer in Romania.</blockquote> I went through their linkedin ad and noticed they didn't even bother to spellcheck it. Y'know, with all the woke bullshit in the US, no wonder they'd rather replace all their rockstar engineers with cheap labour from Eastern Europe. O wow, that's quite a refreshing piece, thank you! For some reason it reminds me of the ol' sidewalk curb placing "businesses" in Bucharest, only now with New York subways. "They do things differently over in the West", he said -- no man, they do things in precisely the same brain-damaged manner, with the very same results and so on.

Anyways,

They are panic hiring a security engineer in Romania.

I went through their linkedin ad and noticed they didn't even bother to spellcheck it. Y'know, with all the woke bullshit in the US, no wonder they'd rather replace all their rockstar engineers with cheap labour from Eastern Europe.

]]> By: VV http://thetarpit.org/2021/the-cost-of-ransomware-attacks-will-go-beyond-9000-in-the-next-decade#comment-641 VV Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:11:34 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=414#comment-641 As long as "investors" are buying everything left and right [1], I don't see why the "market for violence" would be shielded from inflation. Ransomware operators with established reputation (long term, cryptographically-proven) will be tempted by that cheap capital "Yo, Thoma Bravo, ma men, we selling some contract, give us 500K now and you can get that juicy key for free when the time comes. Great investment, you can even resell it, price will riiiiise" [1] https://archive.is/GB4X6 As long as "investors" are buying everything left and right [1], I don't see why the "market for violence" would be shielded from inflation.

Ransomware operators with established reputation (long term, cryptographically-proven) will be tempted by that cheap capital "Yo, Thoma Bravo, ma men, we selling some contract, give us 500K now and you can get that juicy key for free when the time comes. Great investment, you can even resell it, price will riiiiise"

[1] https://archive.is/GB4X6

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