>On an unrelated note, I wonder if people thought about doing a DDOS on the onion service ... ? Wouldn't this, if successful, just prevent victims from paying

>On an unrelated note, I wonder if people thought about doing a DDOS on the onion service ... ? Wouldn't this, if successful, just prevent victims from paying to decrypt their files? Sure, it would stop the attackers from getting any bitcoin, but the victims' data would still be encrypted.