alt Hacker NewsIt is illegal to pay terrorists. As bad and annoying as hackers are, I'm not familiar with any government recognizing any hacking group as a terrorist group. If they did, would they be able to send in SEAL Team 6 to handle the hackers?
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If they were in Iran a drone would’ve paid a visit, based on current events. Most of them are in Russia or former Eastern Bloc like Belarus. USA and the west doesn’t want a direct conflict so the drones never pay them a visit.
Instead, they trick the hackers into going on a vacation in a country that will let them grab them.
A large percentage of hacking groups are state sponsored Russians. That seal response would be starting WW3 over some pii.
Protecting pii is important, but it's not that important
The cyber terrorist groups North Korean Lazarus Group and Russian groups like APT28 (Fancy Bear) are on the US SDN list, among others.
Iran, Russia and North Korea are the biggest sources of ransomware.
Search “cyber jihad” and “cyber islamic state” if you’re curious for answers.
> As bad and annoying as hackers are, I'm not familiar with any government recognizing any hacking group as a terrorist group.
If you’re sending a large sum of money to $anonymoushacker, how do you ensure they’re not on some OFAC list? Or do your AML checks? Or make sure you’re not on the wrong side of Foreign Corrupt Practices act? The third party probably turns a blind eye to that cuz there’s no way of really checking.