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by kryogen1c 40 days ago
Everyone's making a lot of good points about game theory and economic motivations, but there is a much more important and self-serving point: when you pay a ransom, hackers come after your shit x10.

Paying a ransom signals 3 things: 1) you are vulnerable to attack 2) you cannot recover from an attack 3) you've got cash

The result is that you get attacked much, much more. You could ask me how I know, but I wouldn't tell you :)