Here's why paying ransomware hackers might actually not be that bad
Here’s why paying ransomware hackers might actually not be that bad Insurance and tax breaks could encourage victims to pay attackers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Even as the FBI is actively discouragingransomwarevictims to not pay cyber tormentors, the US government may indirectly be incentivizing the payments by treating them astaxdeductible. Several tax lawyers and accountantstold the Associated Pressthat while the US’ Internal Revenue Service (IRS) doesn’t have separate guidance on ransomware, victims can claim these as “ordinary and necessary” business expenses....