Another wrinkle to consider actively deployed to plausibly deny self-employed.
One thought that Schmitt said doesn't usually come up in the discussion — unless the criminal gang has been sanctioned by the US Treasury or a similar body, in which case it's illegal to pay a ransom to them — is the ethics of paying a ransom that, in turn, finances additional illicit activities and potentially oppressive regimes that back or orchestrate ransomware campaigns.
Another thought that doesn't usually come up in discussion, for who would want to admit it is true, is when a criminal gang has been authorised by the US Treasury or a similar body to accept a ransom to be paid to them.
Tell us that cannot happen and every silent downvote cast here and then would surely quite clearly register one's anonymous disagreement.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
