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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by rdtsc on Monday April 11, 2016 @05:11PM (#11475127)
Presumably they have enough financial resources at the moment, they don't have to do it themselves. They can pay someone to do it.
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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by stcredzero on Monday April 11, 2016 @05:27PM (#11475247)
Most anyone able to charge market rates might be more motivated to reveal they've been contracted to do this than to actually do that.

Someone who has a hard time getting market rates might not be as qualified to fix the software as they think they are.

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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by rdtsc on Monday April 11, 2016 @06:08PM (#11475552)
There are places in the world were good computer / science education doesn't necessarily mean being able to demand "market rates" comparable to the West. I can see some programmer n Russia or Romania being tempted by a side-deal like this. Especially if presented with a Western "market rate".
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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by Caprinicus on Monday April 11, 2016 @11:58PM (#11477167)
Many programmers in Russia and some eastern european countries probably wouldn't even see that as a "side deal"
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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by rdtsc on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @12:21AM (#11477243)
I haven't been back there in many years now, and tried to give the benefit of the doubt ;-)
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