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Bitcoin => Press => Topic started by: jdebunt on March 17, 2016, 01:41:13 PM



Title: [2016-03-17] Unbreakable Encryption By TeslaCrypt Ransomware Forces Users To Pay
Post by: jdebunt on March 17, 2016, 01:41:13 PM
What are you doing to protect yourself from a TeslaCrypt infection?

The world of Bitcoin ransomware has gotten a lot more creepy now that security researchers have announced it is all but impossible to crack the encryption used by the latest strain of TeslaCrypt. Keeping in mind how this Bitcoin ransomware is being spread by infected and networks on the main media outlet websites, there is an alarmingly high possibility of infection, and no way to do anything about it but paying the ransom fee. TeslaCrypt 3.0.1 is one type of Bitcoin ransomware that nobody wants to deal with right now.

http://bitcoinist.net/unbreakable-encryption-teslacrypt-ransomware-forces-users-pay-bitcoin-fee/


Title: Re: [2016-03-17] Unbreakable Encryption By TeslaCrypt Ransomware Forces Users To Pay
Post by: notthematrix on March 17, 2016, 05:11:59 PM
well depends how it is set up but if it creates a pgp pair on a remote (tor) server and it uses the PUBLIC key to encrypt your files...
and you can BUY the private key from the server using btc.... well then we now know why it is not a wise idea to build in backdoors in all kind of software to fight terrorism!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWhEUescZDU&t=1m22s
for those who don't get it.