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From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 24 15:47:13 2023

“Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers’ profits”

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/ransomware-victims-are-refusing-to-pay-tanking-attackers-profits/

“The drying up of payouts is forcing attackers to hunt bigger game and re-extort.”

I am so sad for the attackers.

Lynn

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From Char Jackson@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jan 24 19:23:06 2023

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:47:13 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<[email protected]> wrote:

�Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers� profits�

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/ransomware-victims-are-refusing-to-pay-tanking-attackers-profits/

�The drying up of payouts is forcing attackers to hunt bigger game and >re-extort.�

I am so sad for the attackers.

Sad news. ;-)

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