If you pay ransomware the ransom, do they actually ever

>>62003207
No, not always

>>62003207
It depends on the ransomware, but for wannacry they did not unlock people's PCs

>>62003261
Yes they did?

>>62003299
Well imagine it got out that they didn't. Who would pay?

>>62003207

If you let your data be erased you win

Companies and hospitals pay and get keys. If they are targeting regular plebs they are stupid to expect payment and most definitely won't give them a key.

>>62003355
There is no singular 'they'
Ransomware developers don't give a fuck if they ruin your trust for the next guy who comes up with a ransomware scheme

>>62003207
Is that real?

Usually. You're fucked if the key server is dead though.

>>62003207
Is that pic legit tho.

>>62004733
>>62004779
yeah, serious bidness desu

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>>62003207
>Ooops, your files have been encrypted!
>Ooops

What was the point of adding this word?

>>62003261
they did

>>62003207
Fun fact: the creator of WannaCry is from Israel.

(((Hmm)))

>>62004823
Because it's condescending as fuck, like it should be.

>>62004896
>Ooops goy, your files haven been encrypted!

>>62004896
Yet another pure coincidence.

Now go watch some ad-powered content you stupid goy before you tie yourself up and shoot yourself twice in the back of your head from 5 feet away.

>>62003207
What makes you think they'll give you a key instead of trying to bleed you dry.

>>62005329
noone else would pay if word got out

you only win if you backup your data so you don't have to care about your local files

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>>62005549
People will still pay despite the fact that people who paid to decrypt data from wannacry still didn't get their data decrypted. These type of schemes are on the same level as the ""IRS"" calling to demand you send them money or threatening to call the local police. There are suckers everywhere.

Don't pay those niggers

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>>62005965
But they protect me from Windows 10

>>62003355
it is more technically challenging to program ransomware that is secure and also capable of decrypting, the usage of PKI is required, decentralization via P2P, and the problems when you need some form of trusted middle man without an SSL certificate.

whilst ransomware that doesn't decrypt merely has to generate a cryptographically secure key for AES or whatever and encrypt, and boom, secure and simple.

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>>62005025

>>62003207
More often than you'd think.

>>62004271
>chance of law enforcement following up a few hundreds dollars worth of cybercrime
>chance of law enforcement investigating the people that brought a state/country's infrastructure to a standstill

um no if anyone's getting stiffed it's the hospitals. why the fuck would you risk adding extra complexity and avenues for tracing attacks back to you when you've already got your money?

>>62003207
Not always, and I don't trust them to give me a key after I play(Not that I would pay after a ransomware infection) . Just format and restore your files with backups. Paying any money to these people will cause them to make more ransomware.

>>62007875
What bizarre ransomware. More of a gag but still.

>>62009912
It was actually legit too. The author accidentally infected a good couple thousand computers with it too.

>>62005025
>Encrypts your data until you admit she's cute
>The only possible options you have on screen are telling her she is cute

That seems quite elaborate to only force you to do that.

>>62004271
Hospitals don't get these issues because the ones that hold sensitive data are only connected through intranet, running vanilla Windows XP, and all the other ones (the clerical garbage PC's which can still hold legally sensitive data) generally have a solid network firewall set up from day one, and never change their software.
Hospitals getting ransomware is just a wet dream for a nerd on /g/

>>62007875
The one, the true, the classic
Absolutely no idea why wannacry didn't follow this one

>>62010687
It happened with WannaCry. Dunno which hospital computers got encrypted, but hospital computers DID get encrypted.

>>62003207
>back up all your files and encrypt them
>Ransomware now useless

>>62010435
Except it came bundled with the master decryption key. It's just a meme

>>62010811
Who backs up their 3DS data?

>>62010821
Noone because only retards buy nintendo products

>>62010828
Well, I'm just imagining that I own a 3DS, and it gets ransomwared.

"Oh, no, I'll have to replay all my games again! How horrible!"

I just don't see how its that big of a loss.

>>62003207
how about making a ransomware that targets certain buttcoins address?

>>62004646
But we're not talking about the next guy. We're talking about whoever the current offender is in any hypothetical scenario. If, after a few days/weeks, it starts getting reported that they don't provide the key upon payment then what do you think is going to happen? Yep, people are going to immediately stop paying and just accept the loss.