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I have a few different outlooks on that...
They shouldn't pay the ransom for the computers or it will promote and encourage more of it in the future....
But, by paying the ransom money, they got the pipeline running again, and was probably cheaper to pay the ransom than keeping the pipeline down...
BUUUUTTT.... If they can't protect their critical computer networks properly, they deserve to get hacked... How many times have people's personal information gotten hacked by corporations not protecting their computer networks good enough.... Paying the ransom is their punishment for not protecting their network...
I have a few different outlooks on that...
They shouldn't pay the ransom for the computers or it will promote and encourage more of it in the future....
But, by paying the ransom money, they got the pipeline running again, and was probably cheaper to pay the ransom than keeping the pipeline down...
BUUUUTTT.... If they can't protect their critical computer networks properly, they deserve to get hacked... How many times have people's personal information gotten hacked by corporations not protecting their computer networks good enough.... Paying the ransom is their punishment for not protecting their network...