What's the deal with ransomware? Is it new or have the media just caught on?
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Kevin Thomas
Henry Fisher
my brother's computer had ransomware a few years ago. he got it through torrents. easy as pie to remove. it was almost laughable.
Christian Kelly
oh, and whoever wrote that ransomware was a f'ing idiot - claimed to be the police. here's a screenshot.
Dominic Ross
Hahaha another example of how shitty the media is. Seems like all these "hacked computers" is just some Nigerian prince teir scam
Aaron Torres
Been around a while, but until "anonymous" payment methods like BitCoin came around, it didn't really catch on much.
It's not actually that stupid. Some people might be more willing to pay up if it appears to be a police fine, and people who would pay up anyway are unlikely to say "hang on, this can't actually be the police, I'm not gonna pay up then".
Dylan Gonzalez
became popular in 2015, the doubled in 16. Still growing.
Eli James
Crypto variants have been around for years. The only reason the media jumped on this hype train is because it spread so fast, and some pretty high profile organisations were hit by it.
Then there was the 'accidental hero' of one guy who initially unknowingly stopped the spread of the first iteration of the worm.
Gives plenty of virtual signalling hipster "journalists" the opportunity to shit over Microsoft and say "it wouldn't have happened to Apple!", all while not understanding technology and it's role in each of the affected industries.
Nathaniel Davis
Yeah I guess a lot of people who get scammed are not very comp savvy
Christopher Jackson
I became a victim to Sage 2.2 yesterday. I know Sup Forums is often steps ahead of the rest of the world, so I'm desperately wondering if someone here knows how to decrypt. I've got some very important stuff on my computer that got encrypted...
Nicholas Fisher
Air gapped backups, turd.