If you pay a hacker's ransom, chances are that they'll come back for more | TechCrunch
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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.
  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    “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.