Re: A Necessary Evil?
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Do you know a better way of encouraging ransomware attacks than giving money to those who organise them?
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Unfortunately that is the problem with blackmail. You can either pay up and encourage further blackmail, or you refuse and suffer whatever loss the blackmailer will cause. Which is the best option depends very much on which will cause you the most loss. At least this company is effectively saying, "We will attempt to recover your data without paying the blackmailer, but if we cannot do so then paying is the only option left."
The bogus customer in the article was told that paying the blackmailer was a possibility, and did not tell the company that they should only recover the data if they could do so without paying the blackmailer.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
