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Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte... by userbinator on Thursday September 05, 2019 @08:21PM (#20891888)
I guess the good news is that we can now sell backups as "anti-ransomware" cybersecurity.

Backup software has been touted as protection from malware and cyberattacks for a very long time.

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Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte... by SenHeng on Friday September 06, 2019 @03:54AM (#20893846)
Except now there is a more visible dollar sign attached to it. Before, it was hand-wavy what-if scenarios, now you can actually point at real world examples.
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