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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by jstanley on Monday May 15, 2017 @02:24PM (#14343825)
What a shame. They've surely done many orders of magnitude more than $26k worth of damage. They've done a really really bad job at monetising their impact.
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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by supernovae on Monday May 15, 2017 @02:34PM (#14343922)
True, the damages they have done far surpass the ransom income, but the inflation of the currency itself based on global attacks probably helps them over the long haul. Sort of crazy that bitcoin markets react to ransom hauls in a positive way and to me - that is the biggest danger to bitcoin and a large source of potential revenue.
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