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"I don't like how these people aren't punished how I want, so let's sanction crime against them" is a ... questionable concept, to phrase it nicely. Lot's of nasty precedents. Are you sure kindergardens are punished reliably enough for lapses of security?

Also:

Ransomware gangs also target companies that do not have "enormous amounts of user's personal and financial data".

Since too many companies didn't pay ransomware gangs now have taken to stealing data in addition - are you fine with a ransomware gang selling your personal data then, because they are "helping"?

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No, but the alternative is that they would have stolen the data anyway. So it's either neutral or positive.

>let's sanction crime against them

If it were legal it wouldn't be a crime.

>Are you sure kindergardens are punished reliably enough for lapses of security?

Given that I rarely hear about children being kidnapped out of kindergartens, I would assume so. I'm not well educated on this, though, since I don't have a personal stake in the matter.

[detaro]

> No, but the alternative is that they would have stolen the data anyway.

No it's not, but because random data stealing is a lot less lucrative than ransoming.