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Those who pay the attackers might have no other choice. Sure they should have taken backups. But right now they don't have any. What else can they do? Maybe go

• teddyh 5y ago
  > What else can they do? They can take the hit and live without their data, thereby making the world safer for the rest of us. Focusing only on their own personal problem is the definition of selfishness.
  • marcos100 5y ago
    Would you let your company that earns millions for a ransomware that is asking tens of thousands of dollars?
    • m-p-3 5y ago
      If your company that owns millions doesn't have a backup of the mission-critical data somewhere, you have a bigger problem.
      • rexer 5y ago
        No. In that moment your biggest problem is that all your data is inaccessible. That you don’t have backups reduces options since it precludes that solution, but another one exists: pay the ransom.
• psd1 5y ago
  Continuity is part of regulation in some industries, yes
• martin_a 5y ago
  > Maybe government can enact laws asking to maintain backups regularly in critical industries. That's a step in the right direction, but we need more. If you're critial industry and get ransomwared there should be hefty fines for everyone involved from the top down. Also there should be hefty fines for any data leaks that are a result of ransomware attacks. Companies will start moving when getting ransomwared due to low security standards is a major impact on your financials and not like some "put 50k aside for data hostage situations".