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Re:Experts suggest AXA’s plan to shun ransomware payouts wil... by ChildOfChaos on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:35AM (#27115683)
As others have pointed out.

For the business they do not care about the greater good, the greater good is not paying the ransom, for the business paying the ransom and then taking measures so it doesn't happen to them again personally is still likely to be the better option and that is the problem.

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Re:Experts suggest AXA’s plan to shun ransomware payouts wil... by toxik on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:54AM (#27115811)
It's a mildly interesting game theoretic problem, where if you are attacked and you pay, that wins over not paying -- but if you are not attacked and others pay, that loses you money because now you need insurance. So the actual optimum is for nobody to pay, but good luck on that.
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Re:Experts suggest AXA’s plan to shun ransomware payouts wil... by waihtis on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:50AM (#27115784)
Rome was not built in a day :-)
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