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Refuse 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 incre
by trendia 9y ago
Refuse 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.