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Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups by amelius on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:01AM (#27891096)
Is this true? I think big organizations just end up in the news more often.
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Re:Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups by yodelshady on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @08:47AM (#27893057)
Third-hand evidence, mom n' pop shops don't have the expertise to pay in bitcoin. Or perhaps, more charitably, they've been inoculated by previous low-effort scams and smartly assume bitcoin payments are another.

Honestly I'm not sure many large IT depts have it either, but for $1M+ the attackers can afford good customer service.

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