Un consultor de ransomware afirmó que descifraría los datos, pero se le acusa de pagar los rescates en su lugar

By Maxwell Cooter for Computerworld
Friday, October 9, 2026

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There may be several reasons why clients chose to use MonsterCloud. US government advice (echoed by other governments) is not to pay ransoms as it may encourage more attacks, and victims may not get their data back. In addition, in some cases, if the attackers are from a country or group subject to trade sanctions, making a payment may actually be illegal, leaving the victim facing criminal charges.

There may be other factors at play. “Cases vary; sometimes negotiators simply overcharge for their services. In other cases, they may inflate the final amount, saying, for instance, that 50 percent extra is to ensure a third-party validation of secure data erasure or something similar that the client would buy,” said Ilia Kolochenko of cybersecurity company ImmuniWeb.

He warned that there were several techniques being used to extract additional money from ransomware victims.

«Algunos serán contactados por supuestas agencias de aplicación de la ley, que suelen prometer encontrar y arrestar a los hackers, pero también mencionan la responsabilidad civil de la víctima por la filtración de datos y solicitan el pago anticipado de una fianza por una eventual multa regulatoria. Otras víctimas podrían ser contactadas por supuestas empresas de ciberseguridad, que afirman haber encontrado ya sus datos robados en la Dark Web y piden dinero para “borrar de forma segura” dichos datos de la Dark Web a fin de evitar prensa negativa y sanciones regulatorias”, dijo.

Similar cases have come to court recently, said Kolochenko, one in July involving a Florida business and another targeting a Latvian national in May. Read Full Article