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>>Strang+(OP)
The donation is more or less virtue signaling rather than actual insight.

The problem can not be helped by research research against cybercrime. Proper practices for protections are well established and known, they just need to be implemented.

The amount donated should've rather be invested into better protections / hiring a person responsible in the company.

(Context: The hack happened on a not properly decomissioned legacy system.)

>>lexlam+65
Virtue signaling is an insult that you can for example use against greenwashing or against someone who pledged to donate a lot of money to some charity but actually donated none or much less. Hypocrisy is also a form of virtue signaling.

It's also a term you can use against political opponents because it's much easier to speak well than to actually do good.

Refusing to negociate with criminals and help fund security seems like the proper long-term reaction for everyone.