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Re: Ransomware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ilya Levin)
Tue Jun 10 09:08:13 2008
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:06:19 +0800
From: "Ilya Levin" <ilevin@gmail.com>
To: "Leichter, Jerry" <leichter_jerrold@emc.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.61.0806091149400.24323@mental>
Leichter, Jerry <leichter_jerrold@emc.com> wrote:
> Computerworld reports:
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9094818
>
> on a call from Kaspersky Labs for help breaking encryption used by some
> ransomeware: Code that infects a system, uses a public key embedded in
This is ridiculous. It set a totally wrong message. Converting
a plain vanilla crime into a geeky challenge for whatsoever marketing
purposes is a dead end.
A blackmailer demanding a ransom is not a technological issue but
a matter of FBI/ Interpol/ FSB/ you name it. A person behind Gpcode
must be tracked down to face criminal charges. Apart from setting
an example to future morons, it will give all the necessary keys
at once.
Ilya
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