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Ransomware operators are scum and should not be trusted, let alone paid.
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I’ll have more respect if it were done by disgruntled employees, but this blackmail is done by a ransomware operator.
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Not that this isn’t scummy but my understanding is that “ransomware” refers to software that locks a user or organization out of their systems until a fee is paid, generally my encrypting the disk.
This seems like a more traditional “hack” of a system where you get in and download data. Which makes threatening them is traditional blackmail.
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Yup. They absolutely shouldn’t pay, for decision theoretic reasons, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be interesting fireworks to watch.
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