Hackers extort UCSF for a buncha bitcoins

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they stole data relating to covid research, and asked for a few mill.

interesting transcript of real life, real stakes, real money negotiations

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-08-19/ucsf-hack-shows-evolving-risks-of-ransomware-in-the-covid-era

 

 

[ChiTownDoc 21,237]

Great read.  Comical anyone entertained UCSF having trouble coming up with a couple mil.  

[CooterBrown 18,099]

That hacker writes like a Hollywood movie middle eastern terrorist sounds.

[Incredulity 11,716]

11 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

That hacker writes like a Hollywood movie middle eastern terrorist sounds.

The call is coming from inside the house!!!!

[William_Cannon 86]

Why the heck is the IT guy talking directly with the adversary? Lawyers are going to be 100x better negotiators than the IT guy.

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6 hours ago, William_Cannon said:

Why the heck is the IT guy talking directly with the adversary? Lawyers are going to be 100x better negotiators than the IT guy.

that's probably a "negotiation consulting" role-playing a sympathetic IT guy.

 

im curious though, how the fuck do you begin to find a negotiation/crisis consultant, and how in the heck any of them would prove enough credibility to sell their services?  cant exactly show 15 case studies of provable wins...

 

hell, i should become a crisis negotiator