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Ransomware payment ban: Wrong idea at the wrong time (go.theregister.com)

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Ransomware payment ban: Wrong idea at the wrong time

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For the moment, I disagree with this article. I'd be interested in some more reasons that paying ransoms shouldn't be prohibited, or at least forced to be public like any other corporate line item.

Whether the victim is critical infrastructure or not, I'm not sure attacks become less appealing unless there is no direct/quick financial payout. There will always be extortion and intellectual property theft that can be monetized.