WannaCry

The Death of Ransomware?

The Death of Ransomware?

May 18, 2017 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

(WCry) was successful in infecting over 300,000 computers in 150 countries. It is likely the worst ransomware attack to date. WCry works by locking the files with encryption on each device. Victims are promised a decryption key to unlock their files once they pay a ransom of $300 in Bitcoin.

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