[dogma1138]

The sad part is that quite a few of the ransomware cases aren't actually recoverable, as the malware could be just dumb AES implementation which doesn't send the key to some C&C server some where, in some cases the key is hardcoded into the malware or is just generated at random so even if you pay the ransom you might not get your data back.

The other important thing to consider is that you data is already tainted so the cost of the ransom are meaningless compared to the cost of re-evaluating all the data once you manage to decrypt it, as well as the cost of the decryption it self it's not like you'll get an easy tool do it.

But considering that recovering data from backups also costs a small fortune it might be a reasonable gamble after all.