I had a little spare time today, so I spent it TRYING to get my stolen photos back. Remember I mentioned that I had a virus? That I had to take my computer to the shop?

I got out an old computer to work with so hopefully I wouldn’t make things even worse with the one I just got fixed. I mean, if someone is already stealing your property and blackmailing you to get it back, how can you trust them to act honorably? To give you back your stuff even after you pay them off? I was afraid if I went to their website and clicked on their link, they might infect my computer even worse.

I went online to their website and figured out what they wanted, what I was supposed to do in order to get my photos back. They have all been encrypted so I can’t see them.

In the folder, along with my photos, the SOBs left a text document. The document instructs me to go online to a website. That website instructs me to send them FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!!!!!

AND, if I don’t send it within the next 30 days, the price doubles to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!!!!

AND, all that’s not bad enough, they don’t even make it easy to pay off their blackmail, they insist the money is only sent with bit coins! Do you have any idea how hard it is to get bit coins?

Let’s just say, I couldn’t buy them today. 🙁

Are my photos worth that much?

It really pisses me off that I should have to make that decision! Those photos are MINE and no one should be able to steal them from me!

It really SUCKS that there are so many people out there who just want to ruin a good thing (the internet in this case). They just can’t stand anything good going on in the world, they have to ruin it for everybody. Why do so many people get off on hacking the internet? Are there really that many sick psychopaths out there that have no empathy and get off on just fucking over perfect strangers?