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Re:Update on IT Security Incident at UCSF by scottwb on Saturday June 27, 2020 @02:32AM (#23659945)
It’s not that obvious. It could be assurance that the data would be deleted and not sold/shared.
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Re:Update on IT Security Incident at UCSF by craftyguy on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:03AM (#23660259)
> We therefore made the difficult decision to pay some portion of the ransom, approximately $1.14 million, to the individuals behind the malware attack in exchange for a tool to unlock the encrypted data and the return of the data they obtained.

I assume you read that though before you replied, right?

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Re:Update on IT Security Incident at UCSF by rovr138 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @07:16AM (#23661071)
> and the return of the data they obtained
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Re:Update on IT Security Incident at UCSF by hanche on Saturday June 27, 2020 @11:34AM (#23662456)
… as if you can’t “return” the data and keep a copy at the same time …
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Re:Update on IT Security Incident at UCSF by rovr138 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @02:45PM (#23663746)
Might require ‘best effort’ to keep data private.
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