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Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by ppforte: 10:32pm On May 13, 2021
Heathrow44:




Go and sit down, US are one of the biggest hypocrites in the world, they say one thing in the open and do their dirty works in the dark! That's what they are, they keep shouting the US don't negotiate with terrorist's but in reality they do secretly!

They are still the best country in the world. As for this news, it was the company that paid ramson! Not the government.

And I think every country in the world can pay ramson in rare situations but you can never use ramson to leverage the USA.

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Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by ojobek: 10:36pm On May 13, 2021
Countinue to deceive yourself,USA government always use private entity as a front.
somehow:
colonial pipeline is a private entity for those shouting "The US" upandan
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by FBIBOT(m): 10:36pm On May 13, 2021
WelcomeToBiafra:
The day Biafrans start hacking all the pipelines in Biafra provinces, the whole world will give us our Biafrans Referendum.

Does the zoo called nigeria have one single system to hacks cheesy

LOL the whole of Nigeria is run offline(analog)... Nothing to hack.. No database... There everything is online.. Even cars are internet enabled and can be hacked

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Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Nobody: 10:36pm On May 13, 2021
ppforte:


They are still the best country in the world. As for this news, it was the company that paid ramson! Not the government.

And I think every country in the world can pay ramson in rare situations but you can never use ramson to leverage the USA.


US negotiate with terrorists, there isn't any country that doesn't, they clean up after their mess well enough! And cut off loose strings and scents!/

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Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by babyfaceafrica: 10:36pm On May 13, 2021
tonididdy:

Hackers nor terrorists.

cyber terrorist are hackers, so what's the difference
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by bankylan: 10:37pm On May 13, 2021
Less than 1000 words, I wonder where you saw American government in this.

orikoku:
Wonderful. I can't believe American government can pay such.

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Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by somehow: 10:44pm On May 13, 2021
ojobek:
Countinue to deceive yourself,USA government always use private entity as a front.
Ignorance galore.

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Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by 8stargeneral: 10:45pm On May 13, 2021
BbqTormentor:
Una sure sey Biden no be Buhari twin brother?

Vulture please help us check

Shey I no go learn hacking bayi.

Hack all these our thieving politicians account and share the money to the masses all over Nigeria except the northern Nigeria. Boko Haram is already giving them palliatives over there
No difference BTW d two,America never see anything.

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Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by goodnews4me(m): 10:45pm On May 13, 2021
Consequently, America maybe considering banning all the crypto currency soon.
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Proffdada: 10:45pm On May 13, 2021
colorsofrainbow:

Coming from a potential Terrorist..
Shey na you d hackers dem kill abi?
They're CYBERTERRORISTS
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by colorsofrainbow: 10:46pm On May 13, 2021
Proffdada:
They're CYBERTERRORISTS
Na grammar u dey speak...are you from the religion of piss?
Oya deny
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Eriokanmi: 10:47pm On May 13, 2021
This is what you get when you computerised everything including infrastructure without having a manual backup up. I hope they learned their lesson in a harsh way
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Tdotbluejays: 10:47pm On May 13, 2021
inoki247:
ehn ehn our able America dey bow to online terrorist now...


If any hacker try hack NNPC for here na empty barrel e dey hack....
It was a private company though.
Private company vs hacker.
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Eriokanmi: 10:48pm On May 13, 2021
orikoku:
Wonderful. I can't believe American government can pay such.
The company paid, not government
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Tdotbluejays: 10:48pm On May 13, 2021
Eriokanmi:
This is what you get when you computerised everything including infrastructure without having a manual backup up. I hope they learned their lesson in a harsh way
This shows how important IT is.
IT is indeed the future.
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Tdotbluejays: 10:49pm On May 13, 2021
goodnews4me:
Consequently, America maybe considering banning all the crypto currency soon.
Tesla already dropped it yesterday. Sending the value of crypto crashing.
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Eriokanmi: 10:50pm On May 13, 2021
Cyberterror:
The United States do negotiate with terrorists contrary to what they spit in public.
Did you read the news report at all? US government never paid any ransome, the company in question did.
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Eriokanmi: 10:52pm On May 13, 2021
EMMY76:



Not the US govt it's the private company that is in charge of the fuel pipelines.
Don't mind him. He's probably one of those jumping into conclusions without reading...no wonder bubu called them lazy youth cheesy
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Govocrete: 10:52pm On May 13, 2021
Toosure70:
I'm hacker . The world belongs to us

If you Hack NURTW ticket then we will believe you are a hacker.

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Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Tdotbluejays: 10:52pm On May 13, 2021
Joel3:
This one pass yahoo plus. Nigerians constitutes 0.1% of Cyber Crime by global statistics but yet we won't hear word in this country.
That's because scamming commited by Nigerians is more of phishing and not high tech hacking like the Russians or eastern Europeans.
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Proffdada: 10:53pm On May 13, 2021
colorsofrainbow:

Na grammar u dey speak...are you from the religion of piss?
Oya deny
Check my posts grin. Na so una dey jump into conclusions without thinking 1st

Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by lexy2014: 10:53pm On May 13, 2021
inoki247:
ehn ehn our able America dey bow to online terrorist now...


If any hacker try hack NNPC for here na empty barrel e dey hack....

Colonial pipeline is a private company. It's not d govt
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Eriokanmi: 10:54pm On May 13, 2021
Tdotbluejays:

This shows how important IT is.
IT is indeed the future.
Yes, no doubt but there ought to have been a manual alternative. This is one of the shortcomings of IT. You can hack information and figures posted on the computer system but if you had the record of same info as back up in a filed booklet, you can never go off track
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by loswhite(m): 10:55pm On May 13, 2021
goodnews4me:
Consequently, America maybe considering banning all the crypto currency soon.
Theu should just consider to ban the internet
..lol
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by lexy2014: 10:55pm On May 13, 2021
Tdotbluejays:

This shows how important IT is.
IT is indeed the future.

We don see am now
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by WelcomeToBiafra: 10:58pm On May 13, 2021
FBIBOT:


LOL the whole of Nigeria is run offline(analog)... Nothing to hack.. No database... There everything is online.. Even cars are internet enabled and can be hacked

No be lie o.

Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by izubext007: 10:59pm On May 13, 2021
[quote author=inoki247 post=101664522]ehn ehn our able America dey bow to online terrorist now...
[s]

If any hacker try hack NNPC for here na empty barrel e dey hack....[/quote[/s]]

If at all is computerized
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by prophetfire: 10:59pm On May 13, 2021
orikoku:
Wonderful. I can't believe American government can pay such.
A private company rather.
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by loswhite(m): 10:59pm On May 13, 2021
Tdotbluejays:

Tesla already dropped it yesterday. Sending the value of crypto crashing.
What is the relationship between hacker and cryptocurrency? Before cryptocurrency was there no hacking? The drug lord of Mexico was it not the US Dollars that they were using? Was the US Dollars banned then because the drug trafficking? Focus on the hackers and leave cryptocurrency alone.
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Hundredfold4lif(m): 10:59pm On May 13, 2021
LIKE BUHARI LIKE BIDEN. TWO OLD MEN HUNGRY FOR POWER WITHOUT COGNITIVE BALANCE TO GOVERN THEIR TWO BIG NATIONS!
TWIN BROTHERS INDEED!
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by Nobody: 11:00pm On May 13, 2021
5m dollars is small compared to what they are losing daily from no gas supply....it’s common sense
They will surely catch the culprits, you think investigations last for a day o r two?
They can’t afford to go a week or two without gas supply
They will run in huge loses
Re: U.S. Colonial Pipeline Pays N2.043b In Ransom To Hackers by BuddhaPalm(m): 11:03pm On May 13, 2021
SouthSouth1914:


From my point of view, I mean holding the US government to ransom asking for financial means not prisoner exchange!

How would you know?

If they hack sensitive US intel and threaten to expose it, the US government will 100% pay. And no one will hear about it.

I'll be surprised if it hasn't happened already.

The US government gets hacked all the time.

Google "SolarWinds hack"...

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