[kortilla]

> in case of attacks on hospitals. People can literally die.

Setting aside the appeal to emotion, there are a couple of things to unpack. In real-world ransom kidnappings, life and death was always at stake and the government still errs on the side of not paying.

Second, you presume ransomware authors are prepared to commit murder. If a hospital cannot legally pay, the only thing to gain by shutting it down is murder.