Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing master key

Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by Houshalter on Friday May 20, 2016 @05:42AM (#11736578)

The ransomware makers themselves have an incentive to do this. Making a ransomware that just deletes all your files is much easier than proper encryption. And they can still take your money!

The only issue is that people would take it to computer repair shops, who surely would know which ransomwares are real or not. You'd need to successfully disguise your ransomware as other people's ransomware, and that's slightly harder.

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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by throwaway7767 on Friday May 20, 2016 @06:18AM (#11736725)

> The ransomware makers themselves have an incentive to do this. Making a ransomware that just deletes all your files is much easier than proper encryption. And they can still take your money!

By doing that, they reduce the chances of people taking the bait next time, and therefore reduce their future source of income. So I have to completely disagree, they have a strong incentive to actually provide unlock keys when someone pays.

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