Welcome to the FUTURE: US cops pay Bitcoin ransom to end office hostage drama
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/13/us_police_ransomware/ Welcome to the FUTURE: US cops pay Bitcoin ransom to end office hostage drama
After trying to restore the encrypted files for a couple of days, the police in Maine decided to pay the $300 ransom in Bitcoins.
Which shows the "sophistication" (or lack of) of this fraud operation and makes me wonder why the penmens at TheReg would even publish this tidbit: $300 ransom targeting a police department? Yeah. – BizDevCon
On 14 Apr 2015, at 16:53, Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com> wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/13/us_police_ransomware/ Welcome to the FUTURE: US cops pay Bitcoin ransom to end office hostage drama
After trying to restore the encrypted files for a couple of days, the police in Maine decided to pay the $300 ransom in Bitcoins.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 05:35:20PM +0200, L0R3NZ 5Z4B0 wrote:
Which shows the "sophistication" (or lack of) of this fraud operation and makes me wonder why the penmens at TheReg would even publish this tidbit: $300 ransom targeting a police department?
Yeah.
– BizDevCon
Assuming it is true, the news is the cops assume the decrypted files are the original. Examples: s/President of USA/grey dude in charge/ or just changing few IDs.
Which shows the "sophistication" (or lack of) of this fraud operation and makes me wonder why the penmens at TheReg would even publish this tidbit: $300 ransom targeting a police department?
It's been shown more than once that total take in an online extortion scheme is increased if the demanded price is modest. Call it the Laffer Curve of cybercrime... --dan
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 05:24:50PM -0400, dan@geer.org wrote:
It's been shown more than once that total take in an online extortion scheme is increased if the demanded price is modest. Call it the Laffer Curve of cybercrime...
--dan
I suspect cleaning the mess will be much more expensive than $300. This appears non-trivial in times of crisis like this and recent shutdowns. -- cheers
On 4/19/15, Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com> wrote:
... I suspect cleaning the mess will be much more expensive than $300. This appears non-trivial in times of crisis like this and recent shutdowns.
Josh Gates & crew at Chernobyl were encouraged to take a special liquid antidote as an additional precaution, "Thyroshield. Thyroid blocking in a radiation emergency only. Blueberry flavor. Blueberry flavor? Who gives a **** what the flavor is? If the atom bomb has just dropped, you don't care what the flavor is. It could be any flavor. It could say, 'Feces flavor', and if there was a radiation emergency, you'd be like, 'I WILL DRINK THIS.'" - Joshua Gates - Destination Truth : Ghosts of Chernobyl in terms of pen-test through self evidence, a part BTC fee perfectly logical resolution :P
From: coderman <coderman@gmail.com> To: Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com> Cc: cypherpunks@cpunks.org Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 3:32 PM Subject: Re: Welcome to the FUTURE: US cops pay Bitcoin ransom to end office hostage drama On 4/19/15, Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com> wrote:
... I suspect cleaning the mess will be much more expensive than $300. This appears non-trivial in times of crisis like this and recent shutdowns.
Josh Gates & crew at Chernobyl were encouraged to take a special liquid antidote as an additional precaution,
"Thyroshield. Thyroid blocking in a radiation emergency only. Blueberry flavor. Blueberry flavor? Who gives a **** what the flavor is? If the atom bomb has just dropped, you don't care what the flavor is. It could be any flavor. It could say, 'Feces flavor', and if there was a radiation emergency, you'd be like, 'I WILL DRINK THIS.'" - Joshua Gates - Destination Truth : Ghosts of Chernobyl
in terms of pen-test through self evidence, a part BTC fee perfectly logical resolution :P
So-called "anti-radiation pills" are made of potassium iodide (or sodium iodide; most any common iodide would work.). They work by flooding the thyroid with iodine, so that extra radioactive iodine (from fallout) mostly passes through the body without effect. They SHOULD be dirt-cheap; and they should have no expiration period. (Although, I hear they are usually given such an expiration period; ignore it.) Jim Bell
Dnia poniedziałek, 20 kwietnia 2015 14:09:22 Georgi Guninski pisze:
On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 03:32:15PM -0700, coderman wrote:
in terms of pen-test through self evidence, a part BTC fee perfectly logical resolution :P
This reminds me of the song "Bakerman:
"Bakerman is baking bread"
If the bakerman is red-haired, does that make him a ginger bread man? -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147
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