<story><title>University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang</title><url>https://www.zdnet.com/article/university-of-utah-pays-457000-to-ransomware-gang/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>paulpauper</author><text>This shows how bug bounties are pitifully small and inadequate. Stop thinking that a $10k reward will prevent hackers. Either pay-up for sec experts or be prepared to pay-up through extortion or having your site exploited, and it will cost way more than 10k.</text></comment>
<story><title>University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang</title><url>https://www.zdnet.com/article/university-of-utah-pays-457000-to-ransomware-gang/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>frakt0x90</author><text>I have to say I think ransomware is one of the most interesting &amp;quot;business&amp;quot; practices. The trustworthiness of the criminals is huge because if they have a track record of providing the decryption key, you may as well pay.&lt;p&gt;In a logical extreme you could start adding features like &amp;quot;Give us the info of people you know and for every one we successfully extract a ransom from we&amp;#x27;ll give you 10% off your ransom.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s interesting to think about at least.</text></comment>