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Actually, depending on the cost of mitigating this sort of disaster in the future, they may learn the lesson that it is simply less expensive to pay the ransom.
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
Actually, depending on the cost of mitigating this sort of disaster in the future, they may learn the lesson that it is simply less expensive to pay the ransom.
The criminals doing these sorts of things are businesses too, the are unlikely to price themselves out.
- rubber_duck 6y agoNonsense, it's not like it's one criminal group behind this or like these people are building a sustainable business model. Pay and ignore approach doesn't work at all long term.
- sho 6y agoWell, that is a decision every institution needs to make by themselves, of course. At least now there is a visible price tag attached, rather than trying to hide behind misuse laws ("it's ILLEGAL to access our systems in that way!")
- ipnon 6y agoMarkets in everything: The price of ransomware will reach equilibrium when the cost of paying the ransom becomes equal to the cost of paying for cybersecurity. Then we're back to "to pay or not to pay" once again being a merely moral/ethical issue.