If they pay the ransom or not the data is still compromised and customer will have to be notified.
http://hardocp.com/ is a good one for reviews on hardware performance and overclocking for gaming.
That's why you should support companies like TOR books that are releasing all of their books DRM free.
http://torbooks.co.uk/2012/04/25/tor-uk-ebook-titles-to-go-drm-free/
I would hack it to sound like horse drawn carriage
$9 pr month for a Micro server if you reserve it for 1 year.
Micro Instance 613 MB of memory, up to 2 ECUs (for short periodic bursts), EBS storage only, 32-bit or 64-bit platform
http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#pricing
"Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich." -- Looney Tunes, Ali Baba Bunny (1957, Chuck Jones)