Check out the ransoms being charged. It's .2 btc, or about $150 at current btc levels (which I acknowledge are unstable). That's pretty cheap. This is probably

Check out the ransoms being charged. It's .2 btc, or about $150 at current btc levels (which I acknowledge are unstable). That's pretty cheap. This is probably cheaper than having a single sysadmin spend a few hours restoring from backup just in raw labor time, not to mention everything else. Factor in the cost of downtime and the likelihood that you're going to lose some hours of user data since your last backup occurred, and the ransom is easily worthwhile to pay and get the server back. I'm obviously not going to defend companies that don't have current backups (though this is practically everyone), and the importance of backups is always a great thing to emphasize, but in this case, the best option is to pay the ransom and get your stuff back.