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If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [S] 19 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Paying a ransom doesn’t buy trust: It buys hope from people who have already proven they’re willing to extort you! If criminals learn that victims pay, asking for a second ransom isn’t a betrayal of the deal. It’s just the next logical business decision. 🤷

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  • [–] 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

    "It's not X it's Y" LLM slop BS.

    Comment history is full of similar chatgpt slop.

    Edit: go ahead and downvote me all you want but mark my words - in 1 to 3 months this account is going to switch to shilling the online marketing strategy consulting website it's already heavily advertising in its profile. The website is literally promoting marketing bots pretending to be real people to sell you stuff.

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  • [+] [S] -28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

    Unlike you, I always speak openly under my own name. Unlike you, I don’t run an army of sock puppets. Unlike you, I’ve been active on the Web and Fediverse for decades. Unlike you, I’m not a block warden. Go and troll somewhere else. Bye! 👋

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    "I always speak openly under my own name"

    Has generic, anonymous username

    "I've been on the fediverse for decades"

    Account is 11 days old and the fediverse hasn't even existed for a fraction of that time.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    FWIW I had to pay the ransom once and it worked fine they gave the password over and even bargained the price down and also fucked up because crypto fees so didn’t have the ability to send the actual full amount and they were chill.

    Minus the whole being held for ransom they were probably more consumer friendly than the average large corporation.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Their income is based on trust: that their target trusts them to keep their end of the bargain when paid. Without that trust, there's no reason to pay them or engage at all other than to try to trap them.

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