As bad and annoying as this is, I do think “we won’t pay the ransom but set up a reward fund in the same amount to find the perps” is an interesting approach. It turns the tables such that any of the criminals or associates now are incentivized to turn on each other. I could see ways it wouldn’t work (they lie to get the reward, future scammers set up the scam with a patsy so they can collect reward), and am not sure it plays the same if there is actual exposed keys, etc.