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Unless they were globally banned, companies could secretly and illegally pay ransoms in them anyways.

• ghaff 5y ago
  They possibly could but a lot of executives would probably prefer that their soon to be ex-company took a hit than that they became personally liable for breaking a federal law.
  • sokoloff 5y ago
    “We purchased security consulting services who were able to decrypt our ransomware-infected files. We’re not sure of the exact method they used but it worked.”
    • ncallaway 5y ago
      Lawmakers have dealt with this problem for a long time. It’s well solved. If they wanted to prevent this kind of behavior there are two straightforward approaches: - make it also illegal for the consulting company to pay a ransom. - attach Strict Liability to any ransom payment, even if made through an intermediary. The executives quoted above from the paying company could still face criminal liability for such a payment disguised with plausible deniability https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_liability https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_liability