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Surely it would still depend on the normal economic calculations of the involved parties, like the penalty for paying a random, the likelihood of getting caught
by tshaddox 4y ago
Surely it would still depend on the normal economic calculations of the involved parties, like the penalty for paying a random, the likelihood of getting caught paying a ransom, and all the existing calculations like the value of the data to the victim, the penalty and risk of getting caught for the ransomers themselves, etc. You don't just get to say "making it illegal will destroy the incentive to do it," and if it doesn't work you can't just keep increasing the legal penalties until it starts working.
- bee_rider 4y agoThis is true. It is a financial decision. The costs options are: * pay enough in IT to run an up to date, secure system * pay enough in ransom to get your files * eat the cost of losing your files Adding a possible fine to the middle one means the cost of the top and bottom ones can be higher. Either non-paying option makes the business of running ransomware schemes less viable.