[2014-12-18] 98.6% of TorrentLocker Victims Refuse to Pay Bitcoin Ransom

Neg

full member

Activity: 224

Merit: 100

Quote from: panju1 on December 18, 2014, 11:39:52 PM

Quote from: zakoliverz on December 18, 2014, 03:51:01 AM

There are also 20 pages showing that bitcoins were sent but access to the decryption software wasn’t given because the full amount wasn’t paid."

Absolutely no honour among thieves.
This is one reason why we shouldn't give in to criminals, cyber or otherwise.

Obviously they don't care since they're taking your money in the first place. Bitcoin is bound to be used by these people because its very nature makes it perfect for them, but most people who get this virus will have little idea how to buy bitcoins so it probably depends how desperate they are to get their files back.

XCoinCall

member

Activity: 101

Merit: 10

Call with www.XCoinCall.com Cheap, Simple !!!

Quote from: panju1 on December 18, 2014, 11:39:52 PM

Quote from: zakoliverz on December 18, 2014, 03:51:01 AM

There are also 20 pages showing that bitcoins were sent but access to the decryption software wasn’t given because the full amount wasn’t paid."

Absolutely no honour among thieves.
This is one reason why we shouldn't give in to criminals, cyber or otherwise.

Ultimately, there's an economical principle involved: efficiency. If we make it easy for criminals, the benefit outweighs the cost.

panju1

legendary

Activity: 1246

Merit: 1000

Quote from: zakoliverz on December 18, 2014, 03:51:01 AM

There are also 20 pages showing that bitcoins were sent but access to the decryption software wasn’t given because the full amount wasn’t paid."

Absolutely no honour among thieves.
This is one reason why we shouldn't give in to criminals, cyber or otherwise.

Mudd

member

Activity: 78

Merit: 10

I'm not surprised people don't pay it. It's hard enough getting bitcoins especially to a newcommer, and most people just wont have anything that valuable on there and will just reinstall their stuff. There's no guarantee the virus will even be unlocked after recieving payment as well.

XCoinCall

member

Activity: 101

Merit: 10

Call with www.XCoinCall.com Cheap, Simple !!!

It's a good call, not paying the ransom. There are resources stating how to remove it: http://www.im-infected.com/trojan/remove-torrentlocker-virus-removal.html

zakoliverz

hero member

Activity: 536

Merit: 500

http://www.coindesk.com/98-5-torrentlocker-victims-refuse-pay-bitcoin-ransom/

TorrentLocker (aka Win32 or Filecoder.DI) is a strain of bitcoin ransomware that works by encrypting users' files. Victims are requested to pay up to 4 BTC to decrypt their documents, though this figure can vary.

The report, authored by Marc-Etienne M Léveillé for security firm ESET, found that only 570 out of 39,760 infected systems were given access to decryption software upon paying the full ransom.

"In other words 1.44% of all infected users we have identified have paid the ransom to the cybercriminals," Léveillé writes, adding: "There are also 20 pages showing that bitcoins were sent but access to the decryption software wasn’t given because the full amount wasn’t paid."

Topic: [2014-12-18] 98.6% of TorrentLocker Victims Refuse to Pay Bitcoin Ransom (Read 1157 times)