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I mean a technical user capable of this solution is not very likely to get hit by this in the first place. The hacker probably doesn't care if x% of people defe
by soared 9y ago
I mean a technical user capable of this solution is not very likely to get hit by this in the first place. The hacker probably doesn't care if x% of people defeat the encryption.. as long as x% pay the ransom.
- kybernetikos 9y agoGiven the infrastructure and health victims that have been hit, I certainly hope that some serious people are looking into this. Given the relatively small sums of money we've seen flowing into the bitcoin addresses, if I were the perpetrator, I would not think I'd got a particularly good deal - exchanging 40k or so for interest from a number of heavy hitting actors just doesn't seem worth it.
- jamiek88 9y agoIt probably does to a pair of 16 year olds in eastern Europe. The problem with these tools being made and leaked is it lowers the bar of technical expertise needed to run a scheme like this. If it still took massive knowledge and experience the likelihood is that person could earn more legitimately thus there is a smaller pool of potential attackers.
- closeparen 9y agoIf the infrastructure and health victims can be compromised by generic Windows hardware not even targeting them in particular & can't recover from backups, I'd argue they aren't heavy hitters. Though maybe they'll bring some in now.