[varispeed]

Wouldn't that incentivise companies manufacturing media and backup facilities to finance ransomware operators?

[JumpCrisscross]

> Wouldn't that incentivise companies manufacturing media and backup facilities to finance ransomware operators?

No, for the same reason fence manufacturers aren't financing burglers.

[bluGill]

There is enough competition that if word gets out you can move to someone honest. At this size you can't keep a secret.

[hughes]

It may be that the ideal number of ransomware operators is non-zero