๐ Ransomware Is Getting Ugly
๐ก Newskategorie: Reverse Engineering
๐ Quelle: schneier.com
Modern ransomware has two dimensions: pay to get your data back, and pay not to have your data dumped on the Internet. The DC police are the victims of this ransomware, and the criminals have just posted personnel records โ โincluding the results of psychological assessments and polygraph tests; driverโs license images; fingerprints; social security numbers; dates of birth; and residential, financial, and marriage historiesโ โ for two dozen police officers.
The negotiations donโt seem to be doing well. The criminals want $4M. The DC police offered them $100,000...
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