Site taken down by ransomware

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michaelb wrote:
My worry about paying the money is that they are just ripping you off and won't decrypt the files. So are you taking a loss on the equipment, or hoping insurance pays the ransom?

That is always a worry, but the funny thing is, the very large majority of people who are behind such incidents like this, do honor the payment and decrypt the files and/or provide the key, tools, or instructions to do so.

Honor among thieves, I suppose.