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Re:Confessions of a Ransomware Negotiator by marcos100 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:20PM (#28528626)
Would you let your company that earns millions for a ransomware that is asking tens of thousands of dollars?
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Re:Confessions of a Ransomware Negotiator by m-p-3 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @04:03PM (#28530297)
If your company that owns millions doesn't have a backup of the mission-critical data somewhere, you have a bigger problem.
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Re:Confessions of a Ransomware Negotiator by rexer on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @06:38PM (#28532465)
No. In that moment your biggest problem is that all your data is inaccessible. That you don’t have backups reduces options since it precludes that solution, but another one exists: pay the ransom.
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