Paying the ransom is the stupidest thing you can do when you’re hit with an attack.
Why?
- Emboldens the attacker to keep attacking you because now they know you’ll pay them
- Funds the attacker’s future attacks
- No guarantee they’ll actually stop or recover your data
- No guarantee they’ve actually left your environment without a complete rebuild.
A better use of ransom money would be to invest in a decent cybersecurity infrastructure to prevent this from happening in the first place, and to keep offsite backups.
**Never trust your attacker. **
MisterMcBolt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It warms my heart just a little to see crooks robbing crooks.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 year ago
I hope it was a plucky group of teens who were sticking it to the man and they're gonna use that money to save a rec center or something