According to the article , Several victims do not get access to their data even after paying ransom to Cryptolocker.
This is bad for their business. However, I am wondering how does one know that it is the same gang or some other copycat gang that is doing it (and not unlocking the data).
According to the article:-
A nearby dentistry practice had also been hit by the malware around the same time. It paid $550 in Bitcoins but received no unlock key, part of a now established theme; there is growing evidence that a substantial number of Crptolocker victims never see their data again no matter what they do,
This could be a comment on how people have been de-sensitised to the consequences of being infected by malware or just part of a deeper shift that views these events as simply a cost of doing business.
Probably the most notorious example of a willing payer was that of a Massachusetts police department that found itself stumping up $750 ransom using what must have been public money to get back important files.
A recent UK survey of computer users by the University of Kent found that 9 percent had experienced some form of ransom Trojan, with 3.4 percent encountering Cryptolocker. Forty percent chose to pay up with many reporting that no key was forthcoming.
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