This is quite surprising. I feel like often the victims of ransomware do not pay the thieves. Are there other high-profile examples of paying the perpetrators?
An administrator told me the payout was something like $20M. (It was a very large hospital system.)
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/cybersecurity/hackensack-me...
https://www.theregister.com/2019/06/24/red_mosquito_rm_data_...