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If the ransomware gangs made off with the ransoms, victims would stop paying them. Most victims pay the ransom (after negotiation) and the vast majority of rans
by jonstewart 2y ago
If the ransomware gangs made off with the ransoms, victims would stop paying them. Most victims pay the ransom (after negotiation) and the vast majority of ransomware operators provide valid keys/decryptors in return. It's a functional market, however warped.
There's no BBB, but, yes, insurance carriers keep notes on the different ransomware gangs.
- recursive 2y ago> victims would stop paying them Only if the victims are communicating with each other. It seems like most victims are not interested in publicizing their experience. These incentives might be even stronger if one got scammed for the ransom. It's not a good look.
- jonstewart 2y agoThe victims often have insurance and the insurers definitely pay attention.
- teqsun 2y agoThanks for the answer, very interesting stuff. I guess my next question is how do you establish that it's actually the group with the "good" reputation, and not just one claiming or pretending to be them?
- jonstewart 2y agoYou won’t get anywhere to complete certainty but the different gangs each have their own modus operandi. And of course it’s in their interest to act as enforcers and keep bad actors out.