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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by avs733 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:49PM (#24033754)
is there a market for ransomware insurance?
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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by pirocks on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:59PM (#24033804)
There's generic cyber attack insurance so yes.
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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by aerovistae on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:59PM (#24033801)
If there were, the prices to unlock would skyrocket.... Unlike most kinds of insurance, the cost here is not a set thing.... It's arbitrary.
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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by gruez on Sunday August 02, 2020 @11:12PM (#24033866)
Can't you apply the same logic to regular ransoms? They say life is priceless, but there's clearly a limit. Also, unlike a human lie, there is a substitute for the unlock key... rebuilding your business from scratch.
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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by jdxcode on Sunday August 02, 2020 @11:01PM (#24033812)
couldn't you just store your data in append-only fashion?
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