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Re:N.J.’S Largest Hospital System Pays Up in Ransomware Attack by dmix on Monday December 16, 2019 @07:13PM (#21809104)
> If no one paid the ransom, ransomware wouldn't exist

I guess you didn't read the second half of my comment where I suggest that will likely be idealistic and unreleastic.

Enough companies will still pay quietly to keep it going. I'd be shocked if they didn't.

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Re:N.J.’S Largest Hospital System Pays Up in Ransomware Attack by Wowfunhappy on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:55PM (#21810083)
If an individual is attacked, sure.

If you're attacking a public institution like a hospital and demanding many thousands of dollars... it's pretty hard to hide a payment like that. So if you outlawed paying such ransoms, those types of ransoms would stop.

Individuals would still be attacked and asked to pay a few hundred dollars, but such instances rarely put lives at stake.

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Re:N.J.’S Largest Hospital System Pays Up in Ransomware Attack by lonelappde on Monday December 16, 2019 @11:19PM (#21810526)
Look at th health insurance industry and tell me a hospital can't sneak out a $50000 payment.

Governor Rick Scott of Florida stole a Billion dollars from Medicaid before he got caught.

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