Article 2V5P6 Ransomware crook's email provider shuts down account, so now no one can pay their ransom

Ransomware crook's email provider shuts down account, so now no one can pay their ransom

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Cory Doctorow
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Yesterday's massive ransomware outbreak of a mutant, NSA-supercharged strain of the Petya malware is still spreading, but the malware's author made a mere $10K off it and will likely not see a penny more, because Posteo, the German email provider the crook used for ransom payment negotiations, shut down their account. (more")

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