Lots of folks in infosec (no idea of the overall prevalence) are advocating for making ransom payments illegal. One thing i don’t see discussed in that convers

Lots of folks in infosec (no idea of the overall prevalence) are advocating for making ransom payments illegal. One thing i don’t see discussed in that conversation is that the payment itself becomes a liability to the criminals. That said, there’s no guarantee that the ransomware is no longer in a position to retaliate.