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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by MR4D on Monday May 15, 2017 @04:37PM (#14344899)
I think you are way underestimating the percentage of people who have good backups of their data.

HN'ers might, but HN would not be a representative sample.

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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by sp332 on Monday May 15, 2017 @05:40PM (#14345364)
A lot of the high-profile systems getting hit are embedded mission-critical systems. They'd be getting some amount of IT attention. And systems that aren't that important might not be important enough to ransom - just wipe and start over.
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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by MR4D on Monday May 15, 2017 @10:15PM (#14346901)
Agreed - I was thinking more of the individuals.
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