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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by FDSGSG on Thursday May 13, 2021 @08:38PM (#27149281)
>However it is my understanding that paying ransoms to save human lives is technically illegal to

You are wrong.

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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by freshair on Friday May 14, 2021 @10:39AM (#27154793)
I did some more research and it seems I am substantially correct; paying a ransom to a terrorist organization is illegal.
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Re:Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom by FDSGSG on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:00AM (#27164801)
Substantially correct? Paying ransoms is legal except for a very limited set of payment recipients.
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