Hacking victim who paid Bitcoin ransom goes on to hack the hackers

A ransomware victim who paid the attackers to decrypt his files gets revenge by hacking them right back. The German programmer released almost 3,000 decryption keys to assist others hit by the Muhstik ransomware, alongside free decryption software. What he did wasn’t legal, but it’s cool to see this vigilante type response to being hacked. Who knows? Maybe if situations like these happened more often, we’d see a decline in ransomware related attacks. Since the FBI warns companies not to pay the ransom anyway, the possibility of getting hacked right back could further deter ransomware attacks.

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/10/08/ransomware-bitcoin-hacker-cryptocurrency-muhstik-rekt/