content: I agree that was a bad decision (and, more so, do they as well), since it didn't prevent the second attack, but they were under intense pressure from the other companies affected by the ongoing attack on their ISP who were/ could be losing money from this (which you can read about on their temporary blog or this TechCrunch article). A few minutes ago they tweeted an update that one of their engineers is bringing hardware to their data center & they are looking for stronger service providers. They've apologized and promised not to pay any more ransoms - which is obviously no guarantee, of course. So far they've raised almost $40k. Donate or not at your own risk.