University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang

Re:University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang by zucker42 on Friday August 21, 2020 @02:48PM (#24237723)

I think I'd agree with the end of the article. If the only reason you're paying them is to prevent a data leak, what's to stop them from accepting the ransom and still leaking the data?

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Re:University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang by gowld on Friday August 21, 2020 @03:11PM (#24237925)

Hacker has a reputation to maintain.

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Re:University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang by Nasrudith on Friday August 21, 2020 @05:59PM (#24239317)

What is to stop them from acting like a blackmailer and going back for more later? Technically all they need is for giving money to "help" short term to maintain their "reputation". It is a danegelt situation.

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Re:University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang by zucker42 on Friday August 21, 2020 @04:20PM (#24238512)

Except there's not even any claim or confirmation about which group performed the attack, though one is suspected according to the article.

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