A EC2 (vm) on aws with a little bit of CPU, Memory and enough storage attached, costs 1k per month which is something like $1.5 per Hour.
Its not necessarily about storing it longerm, its about 'looking into it'.
I don't get the Airgap thing though at all. There is a very minimal chance that this contains a zero day. The idea of a zero day is, that you can attack systems and you sell it to people who have high profile targets or systems.
Some random person downloading leaked data, everyone can download, is not a real target for a zero day.
And a zero day which breaks random unpacking tools and your vm/system, would be worth even more.
Its not necessarily about storing it longerm, its about 'looking into it'.
I don't get the Airgap thing though at all. There is a very minimal chance that this contains a zero day. The idea of a zero day is, that you can attack systems and you sell it to people who have high profile targets or systems.
Some random person downloading leaked data, everyone can download, is not a real target for a zero day.
And a zero day which breaks random unpacking tools and your vm/system, would be worth even more.