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Proof-of-Concept Ransomware Affects Macs (vice.com)
sarahnaomi writes: Ransomware, the devilish family of malware that locks down a victim's files until he or she coughs up a hefty bounty, may soon be coming to Mac. Last week, a Brazilian security researcher produced a proof-of-concept for what appears to be the first ransomware to target Mac operating systems (Mac OS X). On Monday, cybersecurity company Symantec verified the researcher's findings. "Mabouia is the first case of file-based crypto ransomware for OS X, albeit a proof-of-concept," Symantec wrote in a blog post. "It's simple code, I did it in two days," [said] the creator of the malware.
I mean, most competent programmers can write a program that ransom your documents in two days.
The big question I'm having right now is why it took him two days. Did he get distracted by Foosball?
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
can some one help me, I couldn't get this installed...