In the case of corporate, it is often not despair but incompetence and lack of consequences: CEO will get their yearly bonus if the ransom is paid. If the ranso

In the case of corporate, it is often not despair but incompetence and lack of consequences: CEO will get their yearly bonus if the ransom is paid. If the ransom is not paid, the information might leak out that the company lacks good cybersecurity practices and there will be a new CEO. Or even worse, like shareholder or regulator action, see SolarWinds https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38076636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38076636 Note that in the EU under GDRP companies are still liable for privacy violations and related fines if ransomware attackers gain access to your personal details, random or no random (a hack is enough).