US Treasury is now urging people not to pay ransomware ransoms(businessinsider.com)
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US Treasury is now urging people not to pay ransomware ransoms
https://www.businessinsider.com/ransomware-attacks-us-treasury-hackers-covid-2020-10
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Am I missing something here? So the guy in the middle - the victim - has to choose between saving his corporate computer systems or paying a fine if his ransom gets into the wrong hands? Harsh.
Yeah. I see most people continue paying the ransom and then say to themselves they’ll deal with the gov later. When people get into this kind of trouble it’s always 2 concerns right out the gate: 1. What have I lost forever? 2. How quickly can we recover and get back to work?
Anything else is treated as an afterthought.
Anything else is treated as an afterthought.