Bitcoin ransomware locks 10 years’ worth of government data in Argentina
Bitcoin-hungry hackers have attacked a data center in Argentina which houses local government files.
The size of the Bitcoin ransom is unknown, but reports suggest attackers asked for somewhere in between approximately $37,000 and $370,000 (0.5 and 50 BTC) in exchange for decrypting the files.
The center had already recovered 90 percent of the encrypted data. Decrypting the files will take at least 15 days, mostly due to the sheer size of the archive. Some 7,700 GB — approximately 10 years worth data — was originally compromised as a result of the attack.
Source: Bitcoin ransomware locks 10 years’ worth of government data in Argentina
