Ransomware Now Leaking Stolen Documents

Schneier on Security 2020-04-14

Summary:

Originally, ransomware didn't involve any data theft. Malware would encrypt the data on your computer, and demand a ransom for the encryption key. Now ransomware is increasingly involving both encryption and exfiltration. Brian Krebs wrote about this in December. It's a further incentive for the victims to pay. Recently, the aerospace company Visser Precision was hit by the DoppelPaymer ransomware....

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Authors:

Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

04/14/2020, 19:31

Date published:

04/14/2020, 08:48