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On the recordJuly 14, 2020
When you pay it, guess what? More people are deciding they want to get into the business and try and extract you from your money, and that's the problem we're running into.
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Mike Rogers
Republican · Alabama

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Rogers discusses the consequences of paying ransoms in cyberattacks.

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