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It's pretty obvious that the answer is 'no backup'...

• scottwb 6y ago
  It’s not that obvious. It could be assurance that the data would be deleted and not sold/shared.
  • craftyguy 6y ago
    > We therefore made the difficult decision to pay some portion of the ransom, approximately $1.14 million, to the individuals behind the malware attack in exchange for a tool to unlock the encrypted data and the return of the data they obtained. I assume you read that though before you replied, right?
    • rovr138 6y ago
      > and the return of the data they obtained
      • hanche 6y ago
        … as if you can’t “return” the data and keep a copy at the same time …
        • rovr138 6y ago
          Might require ‘best effort’ to keep data private.