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This old ransomware is using an unpleasant new trick to try and make you pay up

  • Jan 17, 2019
  • 1 min read

An old family of ransomware has returned with a new campaign which uses information about children stolen from crowdfunding websites and claims that payments made in exchange for unlocking encrypted files will be donated to good causes. First spotted in early 2016, CryptoMix is a combination of CryptXXX and CryptoWall ransomware. [1]

[1] By Danny Palmer on ZDNet


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