To pay or not to pay in case of Ranshameware attack?

Most security experts are explicitly against the payment of ransom. But the theory is different from reality. It is certainly true that every time someone pays a ransom, it encourages criminals to continue and, if possible, expand their activities. In addition, there is always the possibility that the extortionists simply disappear with the money and never send the decryption key – or that a flaw in the malware makes decryption essentially impossible.

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