• suspecm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Even if Reddit did pay, what guarantie is there that they won’t just leak it anyways? Not paying any hackers ransom is system admin 101.

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      1 year ago

      True. The damage is already done. The only value it can be extracted from it is to know the exploit that lead to the breach.

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      1 year ago

      That’s not true with established ransomware gangs. They have a reputation to uphold, and as soon as there is a news article about them not paying up, all victims stop paying up.