It seems like a terrible misuse of state power to further punish people who were the victim of a crime. Also notice that this won't necessary ransom payments.

It seems like a terrible misuse of state power to further punish people who were the victim of a crime. Also notice that this won't necessary ransom payments. It will raise the cost to: 1. The victim who pays with jail time. 2. Society who spends time investigating and jailing victims. Notice that ransomware authors are not on that list.