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Also, there are middle-man "security companies" that you can pay to "help you decrypt your files" and what they do is simply pay the ransom under the table for
by elondaits 5y ago
Also, there are middle-man "security companies" that you can pay to "help you decrypt your files" and what they do is simply pay the ransom under the table for you... So you can't really tell if a company paid the ransom or not.
- snapetom 5y agoYep. It's like governments that forbid use of things like facial recognition software by its police departments. Sure, the police department doesn't use facial recognition, but they commonly work around this by using a vendor that may or may not use facial recognition. This model is actually commonly employed by both companies and that are forbidden to do something.
- Enginerrrd 5y agoYou can also make it illegal to seek assistance from an out-of-jurisdiction middle-man. Thus, any middle men are going to be subject to the same regulations.