Re: Fw: [Fr-Pro] Cryptolocker

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Umm, I don't get it.

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:22:07 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > On Friday, October 11, 2013 12:30 PM, Chuck Nolan <http://www.sbcglobal.net/~chucknln> 
 > wrote:
 >  
 > Â  
 > >G'Day All,
 > >
 > >It is an old tradition for older workers that if you can't find a company that 
 > >will hire you, then you form a company with friends, and "hire" yourselves.
 > >
 > >This type of virus has been around for a long time.  It seems to me that if 
 > >you have a copy of an infected file and you are knowledgeable of software 
 > >security techniques that it would be a matter of infecting a computer 
 > >deliberately, knowing the binary patterns before encryption, you should then 
 > >be able to construct a mathematical expression that convert encrypted data 
 > >back to its original form.  This seems to me much like what they taught us in 
 > >algebra, about needing an equal number of equations to solve for the same 
 > >number of variables.
 > >
 > >Such a project could be taken on by a group of ProMatchers, with possible help 
 > >from alumni, creating a startup company.  If there is interest in going 
 > >further with this idea, we could easily setup a Yahoo Group, and take our 
 > >discussions separate from ProMatch, just occasionally reporting back results, 
 > >if any.
 > >
 > >Sincerely,
 > >Chuck