What a great deal from the writers of “Popcorn Time”. If you just infect 2 other people and they pay the ransom, you can get your files back free. Indicators also show that there may also be a provision where if you enter an incorrect decryption key more than 4 times, it starts killing your files. I would love to get ahold of some of these folks and plug their toenails out with with rusty pliers. This video clip pretty much sums up how I feel about these vermin…
Erich Kron is the Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, and has over 20 years’ experience in the medical, aerospace manufacturing and defense fields. He is the former security manager for the US Army 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere.