My dear chums, gather round, there’s a cracking story I’d like to share. Picture this, our friends across the pond at the FBI are donning their virtual white hats, riding off into the great cyber frontier, disrupting the naughty doings of ransomware gangs. They’ve been busy too, they’ve embarked on over 30 disruption capers this year alone. Absolutely ruddy good show, isn’t it?
Allow me to explain this in a bit more detail. Our hero in this delightful tale is a highly dedicated woman named Cynthia Kaiser. She’s not just any old suits and boots. No, not at all, she’s a deputy assistant director, and where, you may ask? Only in the FBI’s cyber division. Such a shining star in the world of white-collar crime! I tell you, cyber warfare could use more like her – a virtual Boadicea, she is.
One fine day, at one of those gatherings for the boffins, the CyberTalks event to be precise, she discloses a few tidbits on these disruption operations. Picture impudent kids, caught nicking sweets from the sweet-shop. That’s how these ransomware wrong’uns are being dealt with by the FBI. In fact, this disruption has even stopped some from further naughtiness against our American cousins. A bit of that old tit-for-tat in action, eh!
But here’s the twist in the story, my friends. These digital outlaws are often not from places we can easily get our hands on. Instead, they dwell in what we term ‘safe harbour countries’, like Russia. Bit of a sticky wicket pulling them out from there to face justice stateside, you see? It’s almost like they are holed up in their own digital Fort Knox, assuming they’re untouchable.
But I say, underestimate our pals over at the FBI at your own peril! They clearly are not the sort to shy away from a bit of digital rough and tumble, and I for one would not have it any other way.
So, friends, there you have it – a tale of modern day cyber law and order, showing us that even in this crazy, often lawless world of lines of code and dark web shadiness, there are good guys fighting the good fight. Rather makes one sleep a bit easier, doesn’t it? Anyway, as always, until next time – do remember to keep your passwords safe, won’t you?
by Parker Bytes
