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Day: 6 October 2022

Colonial Pipeline forked over $4.4M to end cyberattack – but is paying a ransom ever the ethical thing to do?

Last Updated on 6 October 2022 by Daniel

What would happen if companies stopped paying ransoms? Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images

Scott Shackelford, Indiana University and Megan Wade, Indiana University

It took little over two hours for hackers …

Published 6 October 2022
Categorised as Online Security

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