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> call from an FBI agent. “Don’t pay,” the agent said. “We’ve found someone who can crack the encryption.” Weird, you'd think this would be the exact time for
by pxmpxm 4y ago
> call from an FBI agent. “Don’t pay,” the agent said. “We’ve found someone who can crack the encryption.”
Weird, you'd think this would be the exact time for some three letter agency to apply the xkcd $5 wrench approach:
Black bag rendition one of the principals, beat the private key out of him and publicize the entire thing. You only have to do it once, really.
- gregschlom 4y agoThe malware authors are in Russia, how's the FBI going to go after them?
- aliqot 4y agoduh, a longer wrench
- randmeerkat 4y ago> duh, a longer wrench Would that make it a $10 wrench?
- _puk 4y agoOr a wrēnch..
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoAustralia is currently trying to do this with revil over the Medibank breach. It will be interesting to see the outcome.
- bigiain 4y agoNo it won't. We are totally toothless here. A few ignorant politicians trying to score points by sounding tough in the media isn't going to make any difference.
- ggm 4y agoOnce a case is raised in the system they're flagged for Interpol and a European equivalent. It makes retaining them at a border simpler. There's no downside to filing a case and there might be an upside in the future.
- wyldfire 4y agoOf our three-letter agencies, I'd really much prefer the domestic federal investigative arm of the DOJ not become comfortable beating secrets out of criminals.
- seanhunter 4y agoThey don’t have the criminals to beat secrets out of, they have a cooperative non-criminal researcher who is trying to help willingly and you guys want to beat them with a wrench because …. reasons.
- dghughes 4y agoI think it should be law that paying ransomware is a crime since it only makes these ransomware people more bold, and rich.