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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by onetimemanytime on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:48AM (#18609959)
>>As for authorities, oh they are more busy maintaining social stability

Never embarrass the powers that be though, 100K PCs and growing daily it's not a small incident.

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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by notahacker on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:10PM (#18612585)
Yeah. I'm thinking the real issue with using a single set of probably bought/stolen ID and infecting a few hundred thousand PCs is that you attract just enough attention for the authorities to be motivated to track you down. And unlike cybercriminals attacking mostly Western targets, I doubt they're safely overseas.
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