Thursday, May 13, 2021

Ominous portent

"Colonial Pipeline paid hackers almost $5 million in ransom".

Hey, good thing this company will never get hacked again, huh?

Teddy Roosevelt: "Perdecaris alive or Raisuli dead".

Joe Biden: "Meh. Just pay up. It's only 5 mil".

Update  Important PSA from the Biden administration (courtesy of JeffS):


7 comments:

Steve Skubinna said...

"Just a private matter."

Meanwhile, the FBI wants to know if you've seen this dangerous grandmother, who was in DC with her walker on January 6.

Paco said...

That's what galls me the most. Usually, the FBI couldn't find its own ass with both hands, but it has no trouble tracking down grandma, who just happened to be in D.C. on January 6th. Maddening.

RebeccaH said...

Hackers are now going "Heyyyy, easy money!"

Paco said...

Somewhere a hacker is slapping his forehead and muttering, "Geez, we should have asked for 10 million!"

Veeshir said...

Millions for tribute! Not one cent for defense!*

*Unless it's against Americans

Deborah said...

FBI ineptitude may be just a ruse. Who keeps them from acting on known bad actors, and for what readon(s)?

Deborah said...

Please, could someone enlighten me on crypto currency? It isn't widely used as currency, from what I see. It isn't accepted at the market, stores, or car dealership, so....