FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars
23 September 2021
23 September 2021
The vulnerability equities process meets the FBI's natural tendency to find and hoard illegal things until it's done using them. And no one walks away from it unscathed. Welcome to the cyberwar, collateral damage! If an agency like the NSA comes across an exploit or unpatched security flaw, it's supposed to notify affected tech companies so they can fix the problem to protect their customers and users. That's the vulnerability equities process in theory. In practice, the NSA (and others) weigh the potential usefulness of the exploit versus the damage it might cause if it's not fixed and make a ...
FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars
The vulnerability equities process meets the FBI's natural tendency to find and hoard illegal things until it's done using them. And no one walks away from it unscathed. Welcome to the cyberwar, collateral damage! If an agency like the...
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