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    Ransomware - Wikipedia

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    Ransomware is a type of malware from cryptovirology that threatens to publish the victim's personal data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid. While some simple ransomware may lock the system without damaging any files, more advanced malware uses a technique called

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    Operation

    The concept of file-encrypting ransomware was invented and implemented by Young and Yung at Columbia University and was presented at the 1996 IEEE Security & Privacy conference. It is called

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    History

    Encrypting ransomware
    The first known malware extortion attack, the "AIDS Trojan" written by Joseph Popp in 1989, had a design failure so severe it was not necessary to pay the extortionist at all. Its payload hid the files on the hard drive and encrypted only their

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    Notable software packages

    Reveton
    In 2012, a major ransomware Trojan known as Reveton began to spread. Based on the Citadel Trojan (which, itself, is based on the Zeus Trojan), its payload displays a warning purportedly from a law enforcement agency

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    Mitigation

    If an attack is suspected or detected in its early stages, it takes some time for encryption to take place; immediate removal of the malware (a relatively simple process) before it

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    Criminal arrests and convictions

    Zain Qaiser
    A British student, Zain Qaiser, from Barking, London was jailed for more than six years at Kingston Crown Court for his ransomware attacks in 2019. He is said to have been "the most prolific cyber criminal to be sentenced in the UK".

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    See also

    • Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack – Ransomware attack on American oil pipeline system
    • BlueKeep (security vulnerability)

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    Growth

    Ransomware malicious software was first confined to one or two countries in Eastern Europe and subsequently spread across the Atlantic to the

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    Ransomware is a type of malware. It restricts access to the computer system that it infects or the data that it stores (often using encryption techniques), and demands a ransom be paid to the …

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    • WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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      The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. It propagated through EternalBlue, an exploit developed by the United States National Security Agency(NSA) for olde…

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    • Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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      • On May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline, an American oil pipeline system that originates in Houston, Texas, and carries gasoline and jet fuel mainly to the Southeastern United States, suffered a ransomware cyberattack that impacted computerized equipment managing the pipeline. The Colonial Pipeline Company halted all pipeline operations to contain the attack. Overseen by the …
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      • Date: May 6, 2021 (data stolen), May 7, 2021 (malware attack), May 12, 2021 (pipeline restarted)

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