(02-20-2016 05:08 PM)Smaug Wrote:  Happened to my employer at the time last summer. They paid, but I was never able to find out how much. They're currently circling the drain now, and the same management in charge then is still there now.

it's a lose-lose-lose. if you pay the ransom, they target you. hell, even if you don't pay the ransom, they know who you are by virtue of the fact that you pulled down the payload -- and then they still target you.

if you pay, then you're also on their "dumb ass" list.