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If the hackers are brave... "Our IT security firm can solve infections of this particular ransomware, but only this one. We charge 20% of what the 'hackers' dem
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
If the hackers are brave... "Our IT security firm can solve infections of this particular ransomware, but only this one. We charge 20% of what the 'hackers' demand."
And the solution would be for this security firm to have Russian (allegedly ;-)) friends that deploy the ransomware and give them the decryption key. See, hacked company, you're not paying the hackers, you're paying IT security experts that are able to recover your data!
- LanceH 5y agoThis is how bribes are paid. You hire a local consultant who will pay the bribes.
- penagwin 5y agoI'm not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure that the sanction laws cover proxies like that.
- amelius 5y agoEspecially if the entire communication goes over the internet via an obscure channel.
- londons_explore 5y agoI think it's pretty difficult to meet the "known or should have known" threshold for that kind of thing. The proxy company can always say they are using their super crypto cracking skills to reverse the encryption. The hacked company would have no way to know they were paying the hackers, nor any way to find out. Obviously the proxy company is breaking the law, but they might be in some untouchable jurisdiction.