Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing master key

Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by mike_hock on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:50PM (#11733188)

> releasing master key

Rookie mistake. No wonder they had to shut down!

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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by JBReefer on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:18PM (#11733431)

Jokes ruin forums

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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by B1FF_PSUVM on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:07PM (#11733843)

And vice-versa. "You should've seen the other guy."

Yeah, it don't scale. One or two smart-asses in a small group, it's a good time. Couple dozen firing at will in a forum for hundreds or thousands, it's poison in the well.

Someone get sociologists on it, to earn their stipends.

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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by bdcravens on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:57PM (#11733258)

Did you read the article? They released the master key when they shut down, not before.

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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by CDRdude on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:58PM (#11733270)

The comment was pretty clearly a joke.

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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by pavel_lishin on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:58PM (#11733263)

Sounds like they're releasing it because they shut down.

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