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Even if they did pay, wouldn't it still be better to say they were restoring from backups? Makes them look far less vulnerable to the attack and they can likel
by SkyBelow 6y ago
Even if they did pay, wouldn't it still be better to say they were restoring from backups? Makes them look far less vulnerable to the attack and they can likely wrap it with enough PR speak to not be technically lying. Arguably about as morally troublesome of an act as paying for the ransom.
- gruez 6y ago>Even if they did pay, wouldn't it still be better to say they were restoring from backups? Probably because that would be securities fraud? You'd be essentially duping investors into thinking the company is better than it is. eg. if there was a fire in your widget factory and the whole place got destroyed, you can't turn around and tell investors "everything's fine, the fire suppression system worked as intended", because you'd be lying to investors about the state of the company.
- sukilot 6y agoInvestors don't get to see trade secrets. They obviously restored some backups even if they paid random via a reputation laundering company.