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1. Is data theft the main risk of ransomware? 2. Why would anyone trust a ransomware perpetrator to honor a deal to not reveal or exploit data upon receipt of
by musicale 2y ago
1. Is data theft the main risk of ransomware?
2. Why would anyone trust a ransomware perpetrator to honor a deal to not reveal or exploit data upon receipt of a single ransom payment? Are organizations really going to let themselves be blackmailed for an indefinite period of time?
3. I'm unconvinced that crowdstrike will reliably prevent sensitive data exfiltration.
- mango7283 2y ago1. Double extortion is the norm, some groups don't even bother with the encryption part anymore, they just ask a ransom for not leaking the data 2. Appearently yes. Why do you think calls to ban payments exist? 3. At minimum it raises the bar for the hackers - sure, it's not like you can't bypass edr but it's much easier if you don't have to bypass it at all because it's not there