Ransomware: to pay or not to pay?

That is not always the question

Ransomware! Even the name is terrifying. Over the last decade it’s become one of the most common forms of cyber-attack. Hospitals, real-estate firms, shipping giants, local bookstores, your kid’s school: everyone’s a target. Earlier this week a parliamentary committee warned that the UK was at risk of a ‘“catastrophic” ransomware attack that could “brin…