How do hackers collect ransom money and not IMMEDIATELY get arrested?
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They use cryptocurrency, which is difficult to trace to a physical location.
I actually just learned today that there exist ransomware brokers who will evaluate the exposure risk of a company being ransomed to see how worth it it is to pay the ransom, and how much. These ransomware attacks happen quite a lot, so these brokers have formed working relationships with the attackers and can be like, listen, here’s how much it’s worth to this company to recover their data and prevent any leaks. So, you should probably lower your ransom demand, otherwise they’ll just put that money toward finding a technical fix to recover access to their systems or data or whatever.
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