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Ransomware gangs go after large organizations, those that can afford testing backups, not after pop and mom coffee shops.
by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y ago
Ransomware gangs go after large organizations, those that can afford testing backups, not after pop and mom coffee shops.
- amelius 5y agoIs this true? I think big organizations just end up in the news more often.
- yodelshady 5y agoThird-hand evidence, mom n' pop shops don't have the expertise to pay in bitcoin. Or perhaps, more charitably, they've been inoculated by previous low-effort scams and smartly assume bitcoin payments are another. Honestly I'm not sure many large IT depts have it either, but for $1M+ the attackers can afford good customer service.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoThere was a school group featured in a report on BBC Radio 4 recently, they did handle quite large budgets, but they were also an educational charity. One of the governor's refrained (paraphrasing) "they must be totally immoral to target us"; I very much doubt they were targeted beyond 'can we exploit this box'.