British Cyber Boss Nails Why Ransomware Is a Growth Business
October 29, 2021
I spotted “Ransomware Has Proliferated Because It’s Largely Uncontested, Says GCHQ Boss.” The statement is accurate but the word “uncontested” may have a nuance not hitting the radar of some of the cyber wizards residing in Harrod’s Creek, Kentucky.
“Uncontested” means a bunch of cyber sailboats are floating around with their commanders thinking about a grilled chicken.
The write up says:
we have up until quite recently left a lot of this playing space to those criminal actors in effect to proliferate and to make a lot of money.
Stated in the lingo of Harrod’s Creek, I think the head of the British version of the National Security Agency means coordinated, aggressive action is needed on a consistent, sustained basis.
Will this ideal be achieved? The write up provides one view:
There’s suspicion in the US that Russia turns a blind eye to ransomware gangs operating in its territory. Following the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline last year, Biden said he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that critical infrastructure should be off limits.
Stephen E Arnold, October 29, 2021
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