CYBER24
CYBER24 is a weekly podcast with one simple goal: to help business leaders and policy makers understand the often-intimidating subjects of cybersecurity and data privacy. Each week, our panel of rotating experts discusses the top cybersecurity issues and stories in the news. We decode the cybersecurity jargon to help you understand the complexities of cybersecurity and to help you ask the right questions of your IT and cybersecurity teams.
CYBER24
Episode 137: Mixed incentives skew ransom decision
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CYBER24
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Season 7
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Episode 137
When your business is hit by hackers demanding a ransom to unlock your systems, you quickly realize you are in a desperate position. But, in addition to the immediate problem, you have a decision to make: do you pay the ransom and get back online or do you stand on principle? Lots of factors come into play but a new one has emerged recently, the potential tax advantages of paying up. We look at why mixed incentives are frustrating law enforcement and cybercrime victims in this episode of the CYBER24 podcast, presented by VLCM.
Guest Expert
Dan Schuyler, NIC