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Re:Confessions of a Ransomware Negotiator by infinityplus1 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:08AM (#28525995)
Deception? It can confuse the target about the motives of the attack.
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Re:Confessions of a Ransomware Negotiator by nkrisc on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @05:29PM (#28531607)
So they were going to destroy data anyway, so this isn’t what outlawing ransom payments is meant prevent because it can’t. It will prevent ransomware for profit if no one pays.
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