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by kjkjadksj 41 days ago
Why not wait a week and take the site down and ransom them again?
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Because why would anyone pay anyone if they were going to do what they threatened you with anyway?
The deal becomes a subscription not indifferent from any other cost of doing business. Great for the hacker. Bad for the IT team incapable of anticipating these attack vectors.
for the same reasons?