Reply to post: Re: A Necessary Evil?

Biz tells ransomware victims it can decrypt their files... by secretly paying off the crooks and banking a fat margin

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Re: A Necessary Evil?

"It would be one thing if these companies were charged with preventing ransomware attacks and then surreptitiously encouraging them so they could charge for data recovery"

Which is exactly what they are doing. Do you know a better way of encouraging ransomware attacks than giving money to those who organise them? They're ensuring the ransomware business model delivers and will be repeated on the next victim.

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