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."

Comments

Re:what?

[The Master Control P]

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.

Re:in America

[I'm not really here]

DISCLAIMER: I have friends from each of the countries mentioned below, and do not think this of them or their countries of origin.

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:

• French: Stuck up snobs who run away from any fight.
• German: Stubborn amoral mules who are in denial of Hitler and the Nazi regimes atrocities.
• Australian: Down-under hicks who always say "G'Day mayte"
• Americans: Fat slobs who think they're better than everyone else
• British: Inbred, with bad teeth
• Africa: Everyone is poor, hungry, and lives in a mud hut.

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.