[craftyguy]

> We therefore made the difficult decision to pay some portion of the ransom, approximately $1.14 million, to the individuals behind the malware attack in exchange for a tool to unlock the encrypted data and the return of the data they obtained.

I assume you read that though before you replied, right?

[rovr138]

> and the return of the data they obtained

[hanche]

… as if you can’t “return” the data and keep a copy at the same time …

[rovr138]

Might require ‘best effort’ to keep data private.