"...Proven Data promised to help ransomware victims by unlocking their data with the “latest technology,” according to company emails and former clients. Instead, it obtained decryption tools from cyberattackers by paying ransoms, according to Storfer and an FBI affidavit obtained by ProPublica..."
sigh
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Hmm. Reminds me a bit about how there's a secret insurance industry that exists to pay kidnapping ransoms.