You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay us $300 in Bitcoins

Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by mcphilip on Thursday October 17, 2013 @05:05PM (#6568113)

It actually made my skin crawl reading about it. Never had that reaction to such a story before. Interesting...

Edit: It's the BTC aspect that's worrisome. Ransomeware is nothing new -- AIDS Information Trojan did it in 1989, but the (potentially) safe method of payments in crypto currency seem to be a new factor that will attract much more innovation in these type of attacks.

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by marcosdumay on Thursday October 17, 2013 @07:58PM (#6568984)

I just though the exact opposite. When I read "Ransomware comes of age with ... anonymous payments." I just thought "Somebody is going for a surprise once he finds out how anonymous Bitcoin really is".

Anyway, what really makes me nervous is Microsoft's insistence of executing any data that a their programs touch.

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by hobs on Thursday October 17, 2013 @10:13PM (#6569396)

I thought there were numerous laundering services?

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by mr_luc on Thursday October 17, 2013 @10:47PM (#6569494)

Here's one:

https://blockchain.info/wallet/send-shared

(Please note, before downvoting, that I'm not saying that's a bad thing)

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by james3 on Friday October 18, 2013 @12:17AM (#6569747)

there is no downvoting

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by hollerith on Friday October 18, 2013 @12:22AM (#6569764)

On the contrary, after accumulating a certain amount of karma (500 points??) a user gains the ability to downvote comments (but not stories).

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by elliottcarlson on Friday October 18, 2013 @01:03AM (#6569858)

Also, downvoting is only available for a certain comment age. Once the comment is X hours old, you lose the ability to downvote, but can still upvote.

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by linc01n on Friday October 18, 2013 @09:02AM (#6571104)

X should be 24 hours https://github.com/wting/hackernews/blob/master/news.arc#L10...

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by james3 on Friday October 18, 2013 @06:54PM (#6574501)

thanks for the neg reps, really shows your attitude towards newcomers

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