How do hackers collect ransom money and not IMMEDIATELY get arrested?
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A few items:
1) if you’re a business that immediately gets hackers arrested, the next time you get hacked, the hackers aren’t going to cut a deal, because they know you won’t play nice
2) many hacking deals are handled through an intermediary. I think it’s called black lake or something like that. This company deals with the hackers as a middle man. You give them the Bitcoin, the hackers give them the key to undo the hacks. They check that the key to undo the hacks truly works and doesn’t contain some nasty stuff that will make the situation worse. If all goes well, they send the Bitcoin to the hackers and send you the key to fix your stuff
Everyone plays nice and nobody gets totally boned. The key is to try and not get hacked in the first place
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