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Did they pay the ransom?

• tootie 8y ago
  I worked for a client that got hit by WannaCry. We billed them a ton of hours for remediating the systems they had to reimage. Ransom would have been cheaper probably.
  • waynecochran 8y ago
    Yeah, but long term its best for everyone to never pay ransoms. (I don't know why the article doesn't mention how the ransom was handled.)
    • niyikiza 8y ago
      I am a security engineer, and I understand this argument. BUT if I were a decision maker in a corporation, it would be reasonable to pay a couple of hundred bucks and get back to work rather than think about what is "good for everyone". Also, as an industry, we need more measures to deal with the Ransomware problem beyond just telling companies not to pay. We preached them to patch their OS and they didn't listen, what makes us think that they will listen when we advise not to pay the ransom when their data and reputation is at stake?