is that companies are now routinely driven to such measures just to thwart off scum. It'd be one thing if it was a matter of tightening up loose code and unforeseen holes, or implementing a new security feature set or two, and then the job was done. But instead there never seems to be a beginning to the end in this everlasting story that equates to an elaborate and forlorn tail chase.
It's too bad were incapable of handing out more severe retributive measures against punks and criminals rings involved in netcrime and malware distribution. The seminal days of such acts being relatively benign and mostly for bragging rights are long over. A mailed fist needs to descend on these criminal enterprises, but as a collective were too soft and globally unorganized to do what is necessary.
In the meantime, this never ending story continues with everyone wasting time, hard earned money and shrinking assets so the growing miscreant base can noodle and extort to their heart's content.
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