Saved from ransomware thugs... by rival ransomware thug

Private keys of the Chimera ransomware have been leaked by a rival cybercriminal. Rather than "white hat" activity, the good deed appears to have be done by a criminal going by the handle of Janus - known for being the author of Petya - who tweeted their competitor's (Chimera) keys in an apparent bid to stifle ransomware …

[Pascal Monett]

Ah, the ultimate irony

I seem to recall a comic strip pic of a thief slowly leaving a room where an empty treasure chest and the body of an other thief with a knife in his back lay.

Don't know why this would dredge up that memory. </sarcasm>

[Snowy]

Re: Ah, the ultimate irony

I think the image you're referring to is from First Edition of Dungeon Master Guild.

http://www.paperspencils.com/2012/05/07/page-by-page-gary-gygaxs-dmg-part-1/dmg_there_is_no_honor_among_thieves/

[steve-b]

I guess there is no honour among thieves. What is the world coming to!

[allthecoolshortnamesweretaken]

Turf war?