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by the-pigeon 1841 days ago
"Something as simple as an offsite tape backup completely thwarts the attack."

Not true when they are also blackmailing companies to not release their internal data.

Even something as simple as a companies customer base and contracts with them can do a huge amount of damage to the company if it's publicly released. So paying a 2 million dollar ransom is the more profitable choice for the company.

Even if the company isn't doing anything illegal or that it's ashamed of.