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account42 • today at 11:15 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

The point is that there are surely targets that are better funded and thus more likely to pay out large sums of money in order to fix things.


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lxgr • today at 11:23 AM

Definitely, but ransomware groups generally have incremental customer acquisition costs/margins that most other industries can only dream of. They'll encrypt first, ask questions/set prices later. The whole process might even be fully automated at this point, "thanks" to cryptocurrencies.

I remember hearing that they do have customer support, though! Not sure if you can escalate to a sales rep to get a personalized quote or non-profit discount from there.

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