According to Security Ledger (an independent security news organization), an FBI

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According to Security Ledger (an independent security news organization), an FBI agent said the following at a Cyber Security Summit event in Boston:

“The ransomware is that good,” said Joseph Bonavolonta, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s CYBER and Counterintelligence Program in its Boston office. “To be honest, we often advise people just to pay the ransom.”

Source: https://securityledger.com/2015/10/fbis-advice-on-cryptolocker-just-pay-the-ransom/

Do you agree that people should pay the ransom? Why?

If you don't agree, why not?

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Solution : Hey , this is the very serious topic to discuss in computer's world , i would like to argue in a very simple manner.

if Ransomware has attacked on your system and hacked/encrypt your all important data , then :

(i) if you have already back up of your all hacked/encrypted data , then i am not agree with the Joseph Bonavolonta , means , if you already have back up of your data , then you don't need to pay instead of your all data has been hacked/encrypted.

(ii) But if you don't have any back up of your all hacked/encrypted data , then i am agree with Joseph Bonavolonta , means , there would be only a single option for getting back all your hacked/encrypted data is that you just have to pay to ransom.

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