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It's a matter of reputation. If a ransomware group has a reputation of not actually delivering the unlock upon payment, or of re-infection shortly afterwards,
by perlgeek 5y ago
It's a matter of reputation.
If a ransomware group has a reputation of not actually delivering the unlock upon payment, or of re-infection shortly afterwards, the decision to pay them becomes harder to defend.
- mumblemumble 5y agoA sticky problem indeed. I'm sure their sock puppet budgets must run into the tens of dollars.
- tyingq 5y agoI don't know that you can even reliably identify what ransomware group you're dealing with. They seem to use similar software, wallet addresses can change, people can claim to be some group they aren't, etc. And they probably identify potential victims with similar methods and tools.
- Blikkentrekker 5y agoHow would the statistics then be gathered that half were hit by the same?