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> I wonder who the buyers are? Cryptolocker victims?

• bdamm 13y ago
  I've been wondering if a recent surge in cryptolocker efficacy has powered this storm of interest. But that would imply over a billion dollars has been sent to a single person or group. That just cannot last for very long. And surely people would have been making news reports about being forced to buy bitcoins to pay off cryptolocker.
  • pbhjpbhj 13y ago
    Maybe people aren't falling over themselves to report to the media that they did something foolish?
• hughlomas 13y ago
  As far as I'm aware, CryptoLocker demands $300 or 2 bitcoins in the first 3 days. The average person isn't going to try to get bitcoins to pay, and right now no one would even want to, 2 bitcoins are far more expensive than the $300 option. Supposedly after the first three days your only option are bitcoins, but the price jumps to 10. Symantec estimates that 3% of people that are infected choose to pay [0]. So what fraction of that pay in bitcoins? [0] http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/19/cryptolocker-attacks-computer-ransomeware http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/19/cryptolocker-at...