worlds greatest cyber attack: RANSOMWARE
hye guys today i m going to share something shitty about ransomware i know this thing is much viral now days thats the reason i had written a blog on this.
this thing is so destructive that it hit more than 300,000 computers of big organizations and companies
and cause much more damage to privacy of their personal files and data.
what is ransomware?
according to google definition
"a type of malicious software designed to block
access to a computer system until a sum of money
is paid"
lets get into detail
well ransomeware is type of program designed by group of best hackers
that carries a cryptoviral extortion attack that blocks access to
data until a owner of computer pays a ransom.
but when ransom is not paid program automatically erase all data
from computer and also crashes a hard drive.
due to which system doesn't respond correctly.
ransomware takes help from very know virus trojan.
well if you dont know about trojans
than here i have given a information for you
trojan:
this virus is also know as trojan horse this virus hacks into
computer by misleading a owner to true intent
according to google definition trojan means
"In computing, Trojan horse, or Trojan, is any malicious computer program which is used to hack into a computer by misleading users of its true intent. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek story of the wooden horse that was used to help Greek troops invade the city of Troy by stealth"
now lets come to ransomware
now when we think about payment we think that payment has
to be paid with dollars but this is not true.
it is paid with bitcoins.
what is bitcoin?
it is internet currency which is only available online.
according to wikipedia bitcoin is
"Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a digital payment system :3 invented by an unknown programmer, or a group of programmers, under the name Satoshi Nakamoto."
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