Comment by jessriedel
10 years ago
> 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.