Canada's London Drugs confirms ransomware attack after LockBit demands $25M

Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has confirmed that ransomware thugs stole some of its corporate files containing employee information and says it is "unwilling and unable to pay ransom to these cybercriminals." In a statement to The Register, the British Columbia-based biz described the April 28 intrusion, which it had …

[VicMortimer]

Criminalize ransom

They're willing to pay $8 million.

That's easily enough money for the ransomware gangs to be able to keep operating and targeting more systems. It's enough to make ransomware look like a very good opportunity.

It's well past time to stop that. Make paying ransom a crime, put CEOs in prison for paying, heavily fine companies, and ransomware will stop.

[ritmo2k]

Re: Criminalize ransom

I won't advocate for the idea of acquiescing to the criminals, but making the act of paying a ransom illegal sounds Orwellian and a lot like the sad, general trend that Western liberal countries are already heading in with restricting our freedoms and controlling more of our lives.

We don't need more government control of our lives, we need more government control of the things that matter (which will never happen).

[druck]

Re: Criminalize ransom

Let's ban crypto instead, and see if the foriegn criminals manage to collect the $25m in cash from under a bridge.