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>if there is no payout the bad actors will give up the attack I'd argue that isn't true. Ransomware is a form of terror in the form of "losing everything". And
by crankylinuxuser 7y ago
>if there is no payout the bad actors will give up the attack
I'd argue that isn't true. Ransomware is a form of terror in the form of "losing everything". And that threat of impending loss combined with 'backups are hard wahhhh' and the fact that no Corp I know backs up user machines...
As a numbers game, it pays. Well. And even if it didn't, some still hack for the "lulz".
- wpietri 7y agoDefinitely. Look at all the people pursuing "make money fast" scams. Some people will happily do anything they think might make them a buck. Not paying out will help, of course, but it doesn't eliminate the problem.
- bluGill 7y agoWhen there is no money in it nobody will be developing the exploits that make it easy. There is a large difference between buying a recent vulnerability and exploiting it vs finding a vulnerability.
- davinic 7y ago>>no Corp I know backs up user machines Most of the orgs I've worked at (for at least the last decade) map the local profile to a network share, which is definitely backed up. The only things not backed up would be saved outside that folder structure, but the organizations have always been clear about that.