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Never pay ransoms. There is a great book "American Kingpin: The epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind the silk road". In it, Ross Ulbricht said every tim
by nodesocket 9y ago
Never pay ransoms. There is a great book "American Kingpin: The epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind the silk road". In it, Ross Ulbricht said every time they paid hackers, they came back increasing the attacks and demands.
"If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk, he'll probably ask you for a straw. When he's finished, he'll ask you for a napkin."
- trendia 9y agoRefuse to pay the ransom? The credit card numbers are still worth a lot. You're only reducing their payoffs a little bit. If anything, posting the ransom increases the chances that the FBI can track them (since it's hosted on a Tor server)
- fapjacks 9y agoThe FBI's Tor exploit works on visitors to a Tor hidden service, but doesn't work to identify operators of a Tor hidden service. However it is very easy to misconfigure a Tor hidden service and have it leak identifying information.
- green423 9y agoLol never pay ransoms how about never secure so much data with out of date technology that makes it easy to steal to save money or never sell stocks with inside information. Equifax might not even exist after this leak so as Ross Ulbricht once said if the company will be bankrupt you might as well try paying the ransom. The mouse has already finished his milk, cookie, and everything else that he can and is now asking for a napkin there is nothing left to take from Equifax.