I believe that is what he meant, yeah. Figurative opening of the bank account - showing them that you're willing to pay makes you a target for future payments as well. On Thu, 03 Dec 2015, Daniel Corbe wrote:
On Dec 3, 2015, at 10:26 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
On 03/12/2015 08:15, halp us wrote:
a very well known group that has been in the news lately. Recently they've threatened to carry out a major DDoS attack if they are not paid by a deadline which is approaching. They've performed an attack of a smaller magnitude to prove that they're serious.
bear in mind that if you pay a ransom like this:
1. you're opening up a bank account for them to dip into whenever they feel they need more money.
Most of these types of service ransom deals are conducted via bitcoin. So I don’t see how this could be the case unless you mean to say that appeasing your attackers is a bad idea because they might just be emboldened enough to try and extort you again whenever the piggy bank is beginning to run dry.