I'm sorry to hear that. Being Hacker News I think we'd all be very interested if you are able to share some details such as: - how your system got compromised?

I'm sorry to hear that. Being Hacker News I think we'd all be very interested if you are able to share some details such as: - how your system got compromised? - did you have backups? (and did the backups get encrypted?) - how much did you pay and by what method? - why do you think the key didn't work? EDIT: It now occurs to me that you're following my suggestion about falsely claiming to be a ransomware victim to discourage ransom payments. Whoosh!