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Ransomware won't stop even if you don't pay up. Just destroying the target by data loss can be a sufficient reason for any attacker. No payment needed.
by infinityplus1 5y ago
Ransomware won't stop even if you don't pay up. Just destroying the target by data loss can be a sufficient reason for any attacker. No payment needed.
- imwillofficial 5y agoThis is wildly incorrect. For criminal groups who intend on making money, that payment is needed on a certain subset of victims are they can’t stay in business.
- infinityplus1 5y agoI am a shady company who wants to take down a competitor. I can hire a hacker who'll do the dirty job for me and then get paid in cold hard cash. Or a nation state actor can decide to attack an enemy country's infrastructure.
- nkrisc 5y agoSo? If their goal is destruction what does that have to do with ransomware? They can do that whether paying the ransom is legal or not.
- infinityplus1 5y agoDeception? It can confuse the target about the motives of the attack.
- nkrisc 5y agoSo they were going to destroy data anyway, so this isn’t what outlawing ransom payments is meant prevent because it can’t. It will prevent ransomware for profit if no one pays.