r/news • u/Mentirosa • 9h ago

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams
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u/SOUTHPAWMIKE 6h ago edited 4h ago

I mean at least in that instance ransomware from a legitimate threat actor was involved. My current job is doing IT for a municipality, and our leadership has actually done a great job of making resources available to put anti-ransomware safeguards in place. In the Columbus case, there was definitely someone from their IT team pleading for more cybersecurity funding, and they were most certainly ignored; I fucking guarantee it.

The thing viscous racist and legendary piece-of-shit Mike Parson is mad about is just moronic. It's the digital equivalent of leaving your personal diary open for all to see on an airport bench while you go take a shit, and then trying to criminally charge someone who happened to have a casual glance.

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u/atfricks 2h ago

Not even someone that happened to have a glance, someone that let you know that you'd left it open so you could fix it before telling anyone else.