It would require responsible enforcement - how many people who have had their bike stolen have gotten a non-committal response from the cops and then found and tried to recover their bike after some trivial googling and searches on craigslist?
If the policy were responsive and funded to the point where individuals outperforming them by putting in some effort was a rare thing then it might be reasonable to impose a fine for giving in (as it encourages more crime). Right now ransomware is thriving on the fact that LEOs are too disorganized, underfunded and unmotivated (since this is way outside the domain knowledge of their personnel) but if some serious efforts were made to provide secure recovery snapshots as a public service then maybe we could look at taking this route.
As it is right now ransomware attacks are incredibly common and usually conceded to, you'd be fining pretty much everyone.
If the policy were responsive and funded to the point where individuals outperforming them by putting in some effort was a rare thing then it might be reasonable to impose a fine for giving in (as it encourages more crime). Right now ransomware is thriving on the fact that LEOs are too disorganized, underfunded and unmotivated (since this is way outside the domain knowledge of their personnel) but if some serious efforts were made to provide secure recovery snapshots as a public service then maybe we could look at taking this route.
As it is right now ransomware attacks are incredibly common and usually conceded to, you'd be fining pretty much everyone.