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This is quite surprising. I feel like often the victims of ransomware do not pay the thieves. Are there other high-profile examples of paying the perpetrators?
by marmshallow 6y ago
This is quite surprising. I feel like often the victims of ransomware do not pay the thieves. Are there other high-profile examples of paying the perpetrators?
- gentleman11 6y agoMy university paid when they got hacked. I think it’s more common than is reported
- cko 6y agoThe hospital system I worked at (in NJ) got ransomwared. It caused systems to go down for days. An administrator told me the payout was something like $20M. (It was a very large hospital system.) https://www.modernhealthcare.com/cybersecurity/hackensack-meridian-pays-hackers-after-ransomware-attack https://www.modernhealthcare.com/cybersecurity/hackensack-me...
- Hitton 6y agoSometimes even paying third-party security contractors to solve your ransomware problem instead of negotiating with ransomware authors might be paying ransom. https://www.theregister.com/2019/06/24/red_mosquito_rm_data_recovery_ransomware/ https://www.theregister.com/2019/06/24/red_mosquito_rm_data_...