Ransomware distributors expecting an easy payday are having their illicit earnings stolen before they’re even received by other cyber criminals who are hijacking the ransom payments and redirecting them into their own bitcoin wallets. But not only are the attacks giving criminals a taste of their own medicine in becoming victims of cyber theft, it’s also preventing ransomware victims from unlocking their encrypted files — because as far as those distributing the malware are concerned, they never received their money.
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