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Yes, obviously they don't care about the legal consequences for the victim. The goal is to make them think they won't ever get paid due to the threat of legal c
by cirrus3 3y ago
Yes, obviously they don't care about the legal consequences for the victim. The goal is to make them think they won't ever get paid due to the threat of legal consequences on victim, and therefore they wouldn't bother doing ransom in the first place (which is pretty unrealistic imo).
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoWhy is this unrealistic? The victims won't pay because they don't want to go to jail. If no one pays—or even if people pay much smaller amounts that are possible to hide—there isn't an incentive to launch ransomware.
- cirrus3 3y agoIt is unrealistic because as long as just enough victims pay to make it worthwhile, the bad guys will keep doing it. My assumption is that the cost to find victims and make the request is low enough and that number folks that will still pay regardless of the law is high enough to make it it worthwhile for the bad guys. Best case, it lowers the profit margin for the bad guys. Meanwhile, the victims face being punished even worse.