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Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's the second Las Vegas casino group to be attacked this week.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Paying the ransom is the stupidest thing you can do when you’re hit with an attack.

Why?

Emboldens the attacker to keep attacking you because now they know you’ll pay them
Funds the attacker’s future attacks
No guarantee they’ll actually stop or recover your data
No guarantee they’ve actually left your environment without a complete rebuild.

A better use of ransom money would be to invest in a decent cybersecurity infrastructure to prevent this from happening in the first place, and to keep offsite backups.

**Never trust your attacker. **