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Except that supposedly the CNC servers that allow users to contact support and get the key for their files have been down for some time now. The creator may wel
by makomk 10y ago
Except that supposedly the CNC servers that allow users to contact support and get the key for their files have been down for some time now. The creator may well have done a runner once they realised just how much of a bad idea this was.
- sowbug 10y agoIt's hard to evaluate whether that's a good or bad thing. It'd be good if the victims got their files back. So you want to keep the server up. But this kind of scam must be stopped. So you want to kill the server quickly so scammers understand the scheme is unlikely to be profitable. Unfortunately the economics probably work out the same way spam does, meaning it won't go away. All it takes is a couple people to pay up to make it profitable, because the criminal doesn't bear the cost of distribution.