what exactly are the alternatives? seriously? every major victim so far in the supply chain has paid because its not only relatively affordable ransom, but be

what exactly are the alternatives? seriously? every major victim so far in the supply chain has paid because its not only relatively affordable ransom, but because they clearly lack the organizational technical competence to prevent or countermeasure this sort of attack in the first place. its no different than being made to pay a bribe to the warlord to drill in elbonia. close the exchanges or encumber them and youll see an escalation from threat actors.