If they don’t uphold their promises, they can’t repeat the scam. I’ve dealt with the hackers and they’re better tech support than larger corps in many ways. They want you to be successful, in a weird way.

They’re dicks for doing it, but when your admin password is “1991mustang” for 16 years, maybe you deserve a lesson in security.

@nobsi@feddit.de is exactly right in their comments.