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Re:Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers by ashleyn on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:09PM (#48112004)
Another way to view this calculation: if you keep your infrastructure secure and up to date, you (very likely) don't have to pay any ransom in the first place.
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Re:Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers by joseda-hg on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:19PM (#48112162)
There is a line where the ransom price beats the capex of keeping a secure system, specially when the risk so nebulous

Kind of like the recall math auto makers do to see if it's more expensive to actually recall a manufacturing problem, or just deal with it and compensate those who seek it personally

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