SAW Inspired Bitcoin Ransomware Deletes Files Every Hour
A group of online hackers is using their sense-of-humor – and an indisputable love for Saw movie series – to rob people off their Bitcoin. The said group has launched a notorious ransomware attack on personal and private computer networks all across the world. Amusingly, the ransomware is named after the antagonist of the SAW series – the trike-riding menace known as Jigsaw. According to the available reports, the said bitcoin ransomware is beating even its predecessors in terms of intimidation. The malware creates a sense of urgency among the victims by deleting files until the ransom....
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