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		ryandrake on Oct 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hackers extorted $1.14M from UCSF Right, today the logic is: If the risk-adjusted cost of a ransom is less than the cost of implementing proper backups, then it makes sense to just not do backups. If paying ransom was illegal, maybe they'd actually invest in those backups.

UncleEntity on Oct 22, 2020 [–]

> If the risk-adjusted cost of a ransom is less than the cost of implementing proper backups, then it makes sense to just not do backups.

Then again you have people who do it just for the lulz (err...meows?) -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23957510

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