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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by rqs on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @09:27PM (#18614868)
> The account will likely be locked upon investigation

The WeChat account already been banned. http://www.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2018-12/05/c_1123807970.htm

Now it's time for the police to dig out the real criminal.

A proxy/jumper account might work until (as you said) somebody starting to cash the money out.

Seems a very dumb thief, but again, how do somebody steal money online without been caught now days?

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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by est on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @10:16PM (#18615056)
use e-tokens like Bitcoin, with a mix service, then convert them to real currency in a random country.
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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by rqs on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:35AM (#18626254)
Well, too late to know for that guy, he's already been arrested[0]. Guys on Solidot[1] digged out many interesting things, including one issue he posted on one of he's own GitHub repo saying "Help! How can I delete this repo, I have to run!".

LOL

BUT, I almost feel pity for him. Take look the picture of him on the news[0], look the environment he's living in and how thin he is, pretty rough life I'd say.

I hope hes doing well in prison and become a better man after this. If he can write a virus capable of doing all that, then I think he will also doing well in most companies that does web related works.

[0] https://news.163.com/18/1207/10/E2DS6H800001899O.html

[1] https://www.solidot.org/story?sid=58856

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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by fastball on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @10:04PM (#18615001)
Privacy cryptos like Monero?
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Re:Ransomware Infects 100K PCs in China, Demands WeChat Payment by rqs on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:56AM (#18626340)
Then it will probably be banned in China, so nobody can actually pay the ransom.

Plus, I have read a news article on Wired[0], I don't think Monero is private enough to against state/police launched attacks?

Consider there are many ways to make money legally, doing something at that level of risk maybe just not worth the trouble.

[0] https://www.wired.com/story/monero-privacy/

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