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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by axiosgunnar on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:49PM (#27145026)
Great, we should get the word out then that some don't.

Perhaps a few cases of high-profile companies falsly claiming „wow, what a load of shit! we got ransommed and after paying up the hackers disappeared! we had to restore from backup, AND the money is gone“.

What are the hackers gonna do, sue those companies? :-)

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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by abrawill on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:58PM (#27145154)
Oh I don't know. Maybe the hackers will hold their operation hostage for ransom? Get the money and get some nice PR all at the same time!
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