You should read the article I linked though. After taking the data and replacing it with a README that says where to pay the ransom, the server is still left un

You should read the article I linked though. After taking the data and replacing it with a README that says where to pay the ransom, the server is still left unsecured.. so someone else comes along, takes down that README and puts their own up with their own bitcoin address. Presumably if you pay them, you'll get back the next ransom note that says who to pay next, and so on, and as long as no one screwed up and everyone was honest about the ransom, after you've paid several people you'd eventually get your data back.