"Let the invasion begin" should have been the foreword-going mantra for those that made CryptoLocker. But as we know of no mantra, we assume that there is none.
The National Crime Agency has issued an alert regarding CryptoLocker: http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/256-alert-mass-spamming-event-targeting-uk-computer-users
CryptoLocker has been going strong since September of this year. During that time, it seems to have mostly targeted the US, until now.
The NCA is estimating that emails with the CryptoLocker attachment may have reached the tens of millions.
An investigation has been launched to see where the email addresses are from and where they are being used. I personally think that the email addresses are spoofed, therefore finding the source will not really be all that helpful.
As of this writing, Bitcoin is valued at about $574 a coin. Meaning that anyone forced to pay the ransom late now has to pay the ten Bitcoins which at this point means $5,740
This is all the news that I have not said before in a blog post.
Thank you for reading. I invite readers to comment with any questions or comments.
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
CryptoLocker now setting aim at UK.
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