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Alex Nehmy

Aug 10, 2026

17:54
Is that correct, or is it not one size fit all? What do we see?
17:58
So where it's a nation state threat actor that wants to pre-position to, uh, have a kinetic effect later, yeah, they'll, they'll hide and, and they'll try to remain undetected for absolutely as long as they can.
18:10
But cyber criminals- Criminals want money, and money requires, you know, hitting people where it hurts and, and causing a big bang and getting their attention, and that's what ransomware does.
18:21
So when you get ransomware, that locks up all your computers, it holds them hostage, and every computer really has a, a screen, a splash screen on it that says, "You've been ransomed.
18:32
Pay us millions of dollars.
18:33
Here's our Bitcoin address." And so ransomware groups are really going after any target, regardless of whether they're industrial or, or not.
18:44
But we have seen ransomware groups using IoT devices to actually launch their ransomware.

14 MINS LATER

32:45
How do you see it changing this fight on both the attacker and the defender side?
17:54
Is that correct, or is it not one size fit all? What do we see?
17:58
So where it's a nation-state threat actor that wants to pre-position to, uh, have a kinetic effect later, yeah, they'll, they'll hide, and, and they'll try to remain undetected for absolutely as long as they can.
18:10
But cyber criminals- Criminals want money, and money requires, you know, hitting people where it hurts and, and causing a big bang and getting their attention, and that's what ransomware does.
18:21
So when you get ransomware that locks up all your computers, it holds them hostage, and every computer really has a, a screen, a splash screen on it that says, "You've been ransomed.
18:32
Pay us millions of dollars.
18:33
Here's our Bitcoin address." And so ransomware groups are really going after any target, regardless of whether they're industrial or, or not.
18:44
But we have seen ransomware groups using IoT devices to actually launch their ransomware.

14 MINS LATER

32:45
How do you see it changing this fight on both the attacker and the defender side?

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