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Russian Police Know Who Wrote Gpcode Virus
rifles only writes "Russian police
almost certainly know the identity of the programmer responsible for the frightening 'ransomware' crypto virus, Gpcode, which has hit the Internet several times since 2006, says a story at Techworld, which has tapped a Kaspersky Lab researcher. Gpcode used 1024-bit RSA/128-bit RC4 to lock up victims' data, an uncrackable combination that left the world with only one solution: find the virus author to get the master key. So why don't the cops do anything? Good question, but this is Russia we're talking about."
Who is to say that Russian authorities are not using this coder as a cover for much more malicious activities? All we know is that there is a virus that encrypts your data. What is it that we don't know yet?
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Simple. They have an ulterior motive in not dragging his ass to prison. That or they're lying. Or lazy.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.
The implication is that the Russian government is explicitly corrupt and does not put on any pretense of enforcing the law but instead protects those with money or ties to money.
See also: Russian Mafia.
The trojan and encryption could be written by any reasonably savvy malware author, but I guess laundering the money you receive would require a certain level of criminal knowledge.
The money goes into an e-gold or Liberty Reserve account, presumably one that has been stolen from a legitimate user, and from there somehow it has to get into the hands of the perpetrator.
If the authorities could track the money after it gets into e-gold (they have tried before) they could get a handle on who is behind this.
This kind of thing will become more widespread so long as the perps can get their hands on the money without being found.
It is not xenophobia, it is simply stereotyping other cultures. Not that this is the best behavior, but it is common. Here are a few others that are often seen bandied about:
Now that I've evenly offended pretty much everyone, please read the following before modding me into oblivion:
Stereotyping is what happens when somenoe only sees what little they see in the news or what little they see from video games or movies.
People from France are people (some nice, some not). People from Germany are people (some nice, some not). Etc., etc...
Point being - People are just people, but often, for convenience, people latch onto the stereotypes and just repeat those.
To be honest, for many Americans, their understanding of Russia is likely as follows:
AllOfMP3.com, Russian Mafia from movies, and the Cold War in the history books.
It's sad, I know.
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Actually that's not it at all. In Russia there is a pact between the government and the criminal organizations. They like the fact that criminals operate out of Russia and steal money from all over the world and dump it into their economy. The largest criminal organizations in the world are Russian either operating out of Russia or out of China.
I'm putting my money on the fact that they *don't* know the identity of the programmer but have a pretty short list all of whom are under surveillance. Saying they know who it is might provoke some panic reaction on the programmer's part like, say, running out of the house with a suitcase and a terrified gaze. The rest is future history.
It's funny to mention there is no police in Russia, It's actually called militia :)
Sounds like the Libertarian Utopia. How's that working out for them?
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