> If the risk-adjusted cost of a ransom is less than the cost of implementing pr...

UncleEntity on Oct 22, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hackers extorted $1.14M from UCSF

> If the risk-adjusted cost of a ransom is less than the cost of implementing proper backups, then it makes sense to just not do backups.

Then again you have people who do it just for the lulz (err...meows?) -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23957510