▲ 8 ▼ If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more (techcrunch.com) submitted 3 months ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub [B] to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub 1 comment fedilink hide all child comments The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it's impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there's no incentive for the other side to actually walk away.
[–] SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz 1 point 3 months ago Much the same with taxes, once you start it can be hard to stop. permalink fedilink source