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that's their "business model", don't expect they would want to ruin it ;)
by vizzah 10y ago
that's their "business model", don't expect they would want to ruin it ;)
- sqeaky 10y agoOnly takes one well spread one who wants to save on actual crypto effort but reap similar rewards to ruin it for everyone. In the absence of good communication the tragedy of the commons is... well its common.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoFailing to return your victims' data doesn't just poison the well for other, more sensible ransomware makers -- it poisons it for you. Once you take the first guy's money and leave him with his files destroyed, why would the second guy pay you?
- drivingmenuts 10y agoWhich tells me the other solution is for victims to say it didn't work, even after they paid those assholes.
- iSnow 10y agoEnough victims will come forward and contradict you. Or the creators of the ransomware could plant false reviews.
- drivingmenuts 10y agoWow. Seriously, that is just stupid on their part (the victims).
- addled 10y agoI wonder if they are really worried about the second person, or are more concerned about losing repeat business with their first "customer"?
- thaumasiotes 10y agoThey're worried about the second person. No one is going to make a habit of contracting and then paying off ransomware.
- unclebucknasty 10y ago>why would the second guy pay you? Because the second guy can either guarantee himself to be screwed or pay some nominal amount below his pain threshhold to at least have a chance of recovering his files.
- MichaelGG 10y agoI doubt the crypto code takes more than a day, eh? Generate random data encryption key key. Encrypt with master public key. Done?