Grifty “information security” companies promised they could decrypt ransomware-locked computers, but they were just quietly paying the ransoms
Ransomware has been around since the late 1980s, but it got a massive shot in the arm when leaked NSA cyberweapons were merged with existing strains of ransomware, with new payment mechanisms that used cryptocurrencies, leading to multiple ransomware epidemic…
bubmagMay 16, 2019