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Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups by xwdv on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:48PM (#27888171)
This is like a sales pitch for just paying the ransom.
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Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups by MattGaiser on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:48PM (#27888179)
It probably works more often than not.
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Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups by shyn3 on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:53PM (#27888215)
It works until it doesn't, such as in a hardware failure.

[1] https://www.anandtech.com/show/15673/dell-hpe-updates-for-40...

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Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups by xwdv on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:56PM (#27888641)
Seriously, I started running through all those points he made and started thinking about other things he didn't mention and then halfway I was just like fuck it.
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Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups by quickthrower2 on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:00PM (#27888267)
It's a prisoners dilemma
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