Comment by greyboy
10 years ago
How can we even know the answer to that question?
Additionally: How many of the people who do not pay these ransoms do you really think are hit again?
10 years ago
How can we even know the answer to that question?
Additionally: How many of the people who do not pay these ransoms do you really think are hit again?
> How can we even know the answer to that question?
Huh? People report extortion and muggings to the authorities routinely. Combining that with surveys to estimate non-reports should allow us to get a very good estimate.
> How many of the people who do not pay these ransoms do you really think are hit again?
About the same number as people who do pay: Few.
Companies are very quiet (usually, the company linked in the article is an exception to that rule) about being extorted.