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Probably reputation among ransom-ware negotiators (by this I mean the cottage industry described in the original post)

• ben509 6y ago
  Yup, the expected value of the key is P(valid_key) * savings_from_decrypting. So if you're known to negotiators as providing a valid key, it makes the likelihood of paying higher.
• gowld 6y ago
  Ransomware "negotiators" are "affiliate salespeople", as I see it.