TSMC faces $70M ransom demand following lockbit cyberattack
I'm curious what the real goal is with demands like this.<p>Surely, given the size of the demand, it is beyond the authority of TSMC to pay up, even _if_ they wanted to?<p>I imagine governments and authorities with any sort of stake in what could possibly be done with such a sum of money (it's unlikely to be used for Good, right?) would have an oversized say in whether or not they are allowed to pay it?<p>Is there recent precedent for ransoms of this size being paid?<p>What kind of data could they actually have "stolen" that's worth TSMC paying up $70M, rather than just writing it off?