> Austrian IT security consultant Florian Schweitzer asked after the recent revelations at X, "Are journalists allowed to publish 'blackmail material' from ransomware groups, indirectly increasing the incentive to pay ransom?"

Fuck yes! If a ransomwere issue requires a company to pay, they either has a backup issue (if they cant recover files) or a security issue (if they shouldnt be public in the first place). Both issues are due to their incompetence and has nothing to do with media talken about it