With the clock ticking on whether a global hacking attack would wipe out his data, Bolton Jiang had no intention of paying a 21st-century ransom.Since a week ago, when the malware first struck, Mr. Jiang had been fixing and replacing computers at the electronics company where he works in Shanghai. Meeting the hackers demands was a bother, he said, and there was no guarantee he would get his data back.Even if you do pay, you wont necessarily be able to open the files that are hit, he said. There is no solution to it.Tens of thousands of computer users around the world made the same decision, refusing to pay the anonymous hackers behind the ransomware attack known as WannaCry. The attackers had demanded that individuals pay up to $600 by Friday to regain control of their machines, or face losing their data.
Källa: Victims Call Hackers Bluff as Ransomware Deadline Nears – The New York Times
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