Weren’t American oil and gas companies hit with ransomware attacks within the last year, and the position of the Biden Administration was to just to just pay them off?
“the position of the Biden Administration was to just to just pay them off?”
Well, that’s the general position of pretty much every private company too. Almost everyone pays, because the ransom is less than the cost of the lost data. If nobody paid, the attacks would stop and hackers would find a new scam, but companies will continue to pay as long as it’s the least expensive option.