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MR4D
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Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrat...
I think you are way underestimating the percentage of people who have good backups of their data.
HN'ers might, but HN would not be a representative sample.
sp332
on May 15, 2017
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A lot of the high-profile systems getting hit are embedded mission-critical systems. They'd be getting some amount of IT attention. And systems that aren't that important might not be important enough to ransom - just wipe and start over.
MR4D
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Agreed - I was thinking more of the individuals.
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HN'ers might, but HN would not be a representative sample.