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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by chaosfox on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:13PM (#11733401)
the victims are their backers. thats how ransom works.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by ourmandave on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:17PM (#11733936)
Or they might have someone who paid them to write the ransomware and now it doesn't work.
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