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Cleary it wasn’t that simple or they would have just done that.
by whiddershins 5y ago
Cleary it wasn’t that simple or they would have just done that.
- toomanyrichies 5y agoApparently they ended up having to do just that even after paying the ransom: "The decryption software provided by the hacking group DarkSide, notes Bloomberg, was reportedly 'so slow' that Colonial Pipeline 'continued using its own backups to help restore the system.'" Source- https://mashable.com/article/colonial-pipeline-paid-bitcoin-ransomware/ https://mashable.com/article/colonial-pipeline-paid-bitcoin-...
- rodneyg_ 5y agoI mean if you have backups then sure, don't pay. Every case won't be that simple. It also seems a bit odd that they'd pay if they truly had all the backups they needed.