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Panacea-monger

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3. Extortion is a Legitimate Vocation

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 02:06 PM

Jun 2019

The town deserves credit for resisting the "don't negotiate with terrorists" mentality. One who has the capacity to destroy (such as the hackers) refraining from doing so is equivalent to creation and should be rewarded accordingly.

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Second US town (Lake City, FL) pays up $460,000 to ransomware hackers [View all] Eugene Jun 2019 OP

bitcoins should be banned rockfordfile Jun 2019 #1

That really sucks. It's a very small town. nt Phoenix61 Jun 2019 #2

Extortion is a Legitimate Vocation Panacea-monger Jun 2019 #3