Do you want the NSA to send agents out to every Fortune 500 with a blank check so taxpayers can pay for a sane backup strategy to stop a problem we solved 30 years ago?
Not true when they are also blackmailing companies to not release their internal data.
Even something as simple as a companies customer base and contracts with them can do a huge amount of damage to the company if it's publicly released. So paying a 2 million dollar ransom is the more profitable choice for the company.
Even if the company isn't doing anything illegal or that it's ashamed of.
Are Russia or China going to react any different from Iran or Pakistan? They currently think they are untouchable. That needs to change.