But you can just Mine your own bitcoin, can't you? So it's effectively
free ransom.
On 9/30/2016 9:56 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
lol they dont take credit cards, bitcoin only, and as i understand all
communication is via email.
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Josh Luthman
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Just a thought...since it's social engineering anyway...
What if you called and asked when the files would be returned to
you? Say you paid an hour ago but it still hasn't been fixed.
Maybe give them a credit card that you don't use often and pay the
bill with that, then when you get your files nuke the machine and
dispute the charge/cancel the card.
Josh Luthman
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Adam Moffett
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The ransomware is still on the computer after you pay the
ransom, right? So the only way to stop them from hitting you
again when they're hard up for cocaine money is to invest a
lot in IT fixes anyway. Same problem, except if you pay the
ransom maybe you get your data back. But paying the ransom
also encourages them to keep doing it to other people, and
maybe contributes to the ongoing problem. I guess it comes
down to whether you have enough of it backed up.
------ Original Message ------
From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: 9/30/2016 9:54:35 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Ransomware
the ransoms are relatively cheap if youre not a targeted
corportation, running between 150 and 8The amount of work
stoppage and time investment alot of people put into this
exceeds the ransom anyway
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
FireEye was providing a decrypt tool for the original
Cryptolocker but likely you are out of luck. Find a
backup, pay the ransom, or kiss your data goodbye.
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie
*Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 1:26 AM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Ransomware
Depends on the ransomware. I found a decryption tool for
my mom's computer when she managed to get it infected -
depends on the particular flavor I'm sure. I think this
one had .crypt or .crypted extensions on all the files.
I did need an copy of one of the encrypted files prior to
the infection for the program to do its job though.
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 12:14 AM, Travis Johnson
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi,
One of our office computers was just infected with
"ransomware". It has encrypted all the files on that
computer, plus many files on a server that computer
was connected to.
Any ideas or suggestions on the best way to try and
fix/remove this crap and unencrypt all the files?
Travis
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