Equifax hackers demand $2.6m ransom

Re:Equifax hackers demand $2.6m ransom by herewulf on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:43PM (#15204777)

Best pay up, Equifax. Even if it is a scam, $2.6m is a drop in the bucket of the total potential damage.

Though suppose this group does have the actual data and does get the ransom. What is to stop them from holding onto it to milk it for all it's worth?

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Re:Equifax hackers demand $2.6m ransom by nodesocket on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:47PM (#15204788)

Never pay ransoms. There is a great book "American Kingpin: The epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind the silk road". In it, Ross Ulbricht said every time they paid hackers, they came back increasing the attacks and demands.

"If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk, he'll probably ask you for a straw. When he's finished, he'll ask you for a napkin."

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Re:Equifax hackers demand $2.6m ransom by trendia on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:53PM (#15204807)

Refuse to pay the ransom? The credit card numbers are still worth a lot. You're only reducing their payoffs a little bit.

If anything, posting the ransom increases the chances that the FBI can track them (since it's hosted on a Tor server)

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Re:Equifax hackers demand $2.6m ransom by fapjacks on Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:40AM (#15207274)

The FBI's Tor exploit works on visitors to a Tor hidden service, but doesn't work to identify operators of a Tor hidden service. However it is very easy to misconfigure a Tor hidden service and have it leak identifying information.

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