A new strain of encrypting ransomware that forced PC gamers located in the U.S. to pay up $500 in Bitcoin or $1,000 in PayPal My Cash cards, or permanently lose their user profile data, saved games, maps, mods, etc., is now targeting the Far East.
The new ransomware with file encryption capabilities, named Crypt0L0cker (the “o” letter is a zero) by its authors, is targeting only machines based in European and Asian countries, as well as Australia, as its geographical restriction does not allow it to be installed on systems in the U.S.
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