Baguette bandits strike again with ransomware and a side of mockery Hellcat, the ransomware crew that infected Schneider Electric and demanded $125,000 in baguettes, has aggressively targeted government, education, energy, and other critical industries since it emerged around mid-2024. Like many of the emerging cybercrime organizations, Hellcat uses a ransomware-as-a-service business model, …
just enquiring as to what are the legal ramifications of them attacking a Govt account, and then, said Govt goes looking for, finds, and executes them ?
all under the "clear and present danger " use
and IF this would pass muster in legal terms, why haven't they bothered to do so ?
and yes, I am aware that 'OUR' govt 'probably' wouldn't, or at least wouldn't admit to it anyway
still, makes for pleasant thinking :o)
It's not just that
These outfits are tied up with serious organised crime networks - and already have big targets on their backs
The kingpins are generally living with very healthy doses of paranoia and in the case of Russia/China are effectively state-sanctioned as long as they pay their bribes, whilst NK is doing it as a business
State Actors going after them is an additional threat but violent criminal orgs tend to fight back in less inhibited ways (See: Italian mafia responses to prosecutions)
Hacker: Where is my baguettes pig-dog? Your mother thinks a Mac is a cheese ah burger.
Negotiator: Do you want payment in baguette tokens or baguette bread... wait a minute.. are you French?
Hacker: Of course I am French! Why else would I have this outraaageous accent? Now pay up or I will taunt you a second ah time. [whispering to other hacker] Fetchez la vache.
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