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ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway

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Re: ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway

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post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And let's not forget that 1 in 200 people around the world are his direct descendants

How do you know that?

Its quoted in Wrath of the Kahns, not sure the original source.

Re: ProtonMail pays $6k ransom, gets taken out by DDoS anyway

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NEVER EVER PAY RANSOM MONEY. Please. Even if your business will suffer it will suffer a lot more if you do pay since now it is known you'll cave. Also: you are making the problem larger for others.

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."

-Winston Churchill

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