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> Which is why you wouldn't pay it in the first place Currently, ransomware operators could just decrypt half your files upon 50% payment, and demand yet anoth
by 55555 6y ago
> Which is why you wouldn't pay it in the first place
Currently, ransomware operators could just decrypt half your files upon 50% payment, and demand yet another payment for the rest. But they don't. Why? Because they seem to have naturally converged upon honoring their decryption payments in order to maximize total profit. I think if paying the ransom was made more explicitly illegal, the ransomware operators would probably converge on not outing their clients. At least for now.
- shripadk 6y ago> I think if paying the ransom was made more explicitly illegal, the ransomware operators would probably converge on not outing their clients. At least for now. Or they can threaten to release your information and demand more ransom to keep your information a secret. If you stop paying they'll make it public making what you did illegal.
- bluGill 6y agoProblem is as soon as ONE decides not to pay up nobody else will either as they know they can't trust their payment will work out.