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c/technology by u/themachinestops 2w ago mashable.com

New ransomware wipes every file larger than 128 KB

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For larger files, the malware generates four of these codes. But due to a programming error, it keeps overwriting each new code with the previous one in the same slot, like writing four different combinations on a single sticky note and keeping only the last one. By the time it's done, three of the four codes are gone forever. The scrambled data they correspond to is permanently unreadable for the victim, security researchers, and the attackers themselves.
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