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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by tomjen3 on Friday June 10, 2016 @03:55AM (#11874886)
The most interesting part of the article was that some ransomware sites have threatened to publish their files if they don't pay - no backup strategy will save you there.
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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by skoocda on Saturday June 11, 2016 @01:48PM (#11884422)
But consider the University of Calgary's actions in response... they publicly announced the outcome of these events in the interest of transparency.

Wouldn't it be more transparent to just allow their files to be published?

Surely there are damages that could be caused, but as a public institution, I feel like this is the way they should operate by default.

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