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I have a hypothesis that the increase in price since mid-October is tied to the spread of the CryptoLocker virus. For those that don't know, this is a nasty li
by geuis 13y ago
I have a hypothesis that the increase in price since mid-October is tied to the spread of the CryptoLocker virus.
For those that don't know, this is a nasty little piece of work that encrypts your entire drive and any connected drives it can find, then gives you a warning that you have to pay $300 in bitcoin within 3 days or your data is deleted.
I just had this thought a couple hours ago but I'm not able to find any significant, verifiable data on how widespread CryptoLocker is. Hence, a hypothesis.
- meowface 13y agoCryptoLocker has definitely netted quite a bit of cash for its authors/spreaders in the form of Bitcoins, but I highly doubt it's significantly affected the market. I imagine you would need at least 100k successful Bitcoin ransoms, which I think is unlikely.
- emddudley 13y agoSounds like the plot of a book... does it tell you to meet at a specific location in T'Rain?