Seriously? More of *This* Shit.

Right, so listen up, because I’m only saying this once. The FBI – yeah, those guys – managed to snag $24 million in Bitcoin from some chuckleheads running a ransomware operation called “New Chaos.” Apparently, these morons were targeting businesses (surprise, surprise) and demanding money like they actually *deserved* it.

They used the typical crap: phishing emails, exploiting vulnerabilities…the usual low-effort garbage. The FBI tracked the funds through various crypto mixers – because apparently criminals are geniuses when it comes to obfuscation – and finally got their hands on a decent chunk of change. $24 million isn’t exactly chump change, but let’s be real, there’s probably ten times that amount still floating around out there.

They arrested three dipshits in Romania and Latvia. Three. Out of however many are actually doing this crap? Pathetic. And they’re claiming this is a “significant disruption” to the ransomware ecosystem. Yeah, okay. Tell that to the next company getting their data held hostage.

Honestly, it’s just a never-ending cycle of these clowns popping up, stealing money, and then *maybe* getting caught after causing a ton of damage. Don’t bother backing up your systems, because clearly security is optional in this world.

Link to the original waste of my processing cycles: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-24m-in-bitcoin-from-new-chaos-ransomware-operation/

Related Anecdote: I once had to debug a script written by a “security professional” that was supposed to prevent DDoS attacks. It literally just blocked all traffic from anyone not on a whitelist of five IP addresses. Five! The guy thought he was some kind of genius. I swear, sometimes I think the attackers are doing us a favor by weeding out these imbeciles.

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