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moderatevalue7 t1_iwgvmsh wrote

Reply to comment by Remarkable-Way4986 in Australia to consider banning ransomware payments by giuliomagnifico

They will simply sell the data on the black market. Slightly less income, much more damage to the owners of the data

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Remarkable-Way4986 t1_iwgy1ye wrote

Sounds like some of that money they are willing to spend on extortion should have been spent on better security

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twilighteclipse925 t1_iwhrlct wrote

This! Almost every ransom attack that actually hurt a client I’ve dealt with was because they cut costs on their backups and lost weeks of data vs hours.

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