Quote from: Bannedseller on May 15, 2016, 03:07:34 PM

Have heard that kind of hacking software before, which encrypted all files on my computer, and when my brother have been using the computer (or course carelessly), it is hacked and they demand a 1.2BTC ransom... These are just one more bad news of BTC, and even make my family members have even worse image on bitcoin... And we decided not to pay the coins to the hacker as all important files have been backed up.

Whay do you think?

I heard of this years ago actually but at the time it was targeting the police and business owners. Needless to say they used to pay up to get their files back/unecrypted.

Now they're moving on to average joe, that was always going to happen I guess.

That is not a bad image for BTC it is more a bad image for the guys who are downloading crap on their machines, usually porn lol

It also used to be done with other payment methods like UKASH.

You're "important files now belong to them so hope they're not that important because they will find something to do with it that you can be sure of.

Quote from: jmpFCE2 on May 15, 2016, 10:18:43 PM

Quote from: Bannedseller on May 15, 2016, 03:07:34 PM

Have heard that kind of hacking software before, which encrypted all files on my computer, and when my brother have been using the computer (or course carelessly), it is hacked and they demand a 1.2BTC ransom... These are just one more bad news of BTC, and even make my family members have even worse image on bitcoin... And we decided not to pay the coins to the hacker as all important files have been backed up.

Whay do you think?

haha ha newb fucker watched too many pron sites with barebacking browsing...

yep