> where a team of security researchers in Russia can access them conveniently from home ...or a team of your employees, who for one reason or another couldn't

> where a team of security researchers in Russia can access them conveniently from home ...or a team of your employees, who for one reason or another couldn't make it to the office every day since March of last year. In other words, VPNs. These are the smaller intranets you are talking about. Of course they still need to be capable and privileged enough to allow your employees to do their jobs, and this same requirement is the reason why ransomware can strike so effectively.