![]() Ransom payments are frequently “under the table.” They certainly don’t want to advertise the hundreds of thousands or millions they paid to black hats to restore encrypted client files. Businesses won’t easily admit to pirating software, for obvious reasons. ![]() Your business is now owned by hackers, and the only way to get it back is to pay their seven-figure ransom. Every email, client project, financial document, and backup. All your files, across the entire company, are now encrypted and inaccessible. Reading on, you realize the counterfeit Mathcad you’re using contains ransomware code that burrowed through your network. One of your CAD techs sees an ominous red box on their screen that begins with “Dear customer.” It’s not an error message. Besides, the shop is running like clockwork. ![]() Other local firms probably do it, right? It’s a minor, victimless crime. Using a cracked copy of Mathcad helps us shave costs.” “We’re a small-to-medium-sized engineering firm with razor-thin margins. ![]()
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