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I think the problem is that the director was, probably, asked to pay ransom to those responsible for the attack, as implied in this quote by the director >"I might just pay [a ransom] next time,” but the article doesn't mention whether this happened or not. This might lead one to think that ransom is meant for the IT supplier, which doesn't make sense since they aren't the ones holding the data 'hostage'.
@Jim Actually, all the way from an experiment with samples to using a MATLAB-like tool to do the actual graphing. Perhaps construct is the best word since the essay goes all the way.
@Jim I am looking to find the most likely word an English speaker would think of when trying to search for this subject. Is the word draw used only when one means made by hand rather than computer generated?
