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Canvas hack: company pays criminals to delete students' stolen data

18 points by GaryBluto ago | 4 comments

ArchieScrivener |next [-]

I want to live in a world where the DEA and Interpol simply confirm via phone call that the drug dealers did in fact flush the coke down the toilet after depositing $50M in their Bitcoin wallet for not selling it on the street.

We should just start grading school work based on what the kid says they did and how well they did it and give raises at work in a similar fashion.

That's the kind of world I want to live in.

hgsgm |root |parent [-]

The government pays farms to burn crops. It's not the destruction that matters; it's the promise not to distribute that matters. For uniquely identifiable data and objects, a reputable extortion business will honor their promises to earn new customers

hgsgm |previous [-]

Yet again, our government ignores the national security threat from foreign terrorists. The State serves only itself.

"Company pays" means "customers (taxpayers) pay", since Canvas is effectively an monopoly

Paying terrorists must be made illegal. Senior Managers must be held liable for damages to customers.

18 lawsuits filed already: https://www.pcmag.com/news/canvas-developer-apologizes-for-b...

cyanydeez |root |parent [-]

The current American government is the national security threat. This is like lamenting there's never any police when the KKK marches.