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by anonymousDan 1864 days ago
Sure, I don't disagree. But in many cases the value of the data lost even over a short period can dwarf the size of a ransom, as can losses from downtime before getting operations up and running again. Can you imagine if they managed to take down e.g. S3, even for a day? The incentive to pay would be high, which in turn increases its attractiveness as a target. Not saying they would pay of course.