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Re:FBI’s Advice on Ransomware? Just Pay the Ransom by lkowalcz on Saturday October 31, 2015 @01:33PM (#10483370)
For (1), this is the reason the ransom is small. Since "many" are actually trustworthy, it's a small risk to pay the relatively small ransom. (Also, you can verify via bitcoin address if you're dealing with a hacker who is known to give data back.)

For (2), could you also find a way to get the FBI to release a statement saying you are trustworthy?

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Re:FBI’s Advice on Ransomware? Just Pay the Ransom by icebraining on Saturday October 31, 2015 @03:06PM (#10483715)
Also, you can verify via bitcoin address if you're dealing with a hacker who is known to give data back.

How so? Presumably they use a different one for each payment, no? Otherwise, how could they tell who paid?

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Re:FBI’s Advice on Ransomware? Just Pay the Ransom by lkowalcz on Saturday October 31, 2015 @03:27PM (#10483831)
Apparently they reuse the primary wallet quite frequently:

http://www.coindesk.com/cryptowall-325-million-bitcoin-ranso...

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