Cybercrime History Teaches That Paying a Ransom for Data Deletion Is Foolish
Mathew J. Schwartz
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January 10, 2025
Data breach victim PowerSchool, maker of a widely used K-12 student information system platform, has been attempting to assure schools, and parents and guardians, by saying its attacker has promised to delete the stolen data. What's the old saying about those who fail to learn from history?