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Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte... by solidasparagus on Thursday September 05, 2019 @08:54PM (#20892063)
That didn't make sense to me. What did negotiating actually buy them? I don't see any indication that the attackers paused the attack.
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Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte... by rdc12 on Friday September 06, 2019 @05:17AM (#20894198)
Little to gain in restoring from backup if the same attack vector is still open. So it was really just a bit of misdirection.
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Re:US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypte... by blaser-waffle on Friday September 06, 2019 @08:59AM (#20895191)
It bought them time to figure out the root cause, fix it, and check if restoring backups is a viable option. Smart play.
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