
However, the founder of Bleeping Computer Lawrence Abrams warns that although in their messages criminals claim that they encrypted or “hide” victim’s files (sometimes attackers also threaten to sell the allegedly stolen data on the darknet), in fact, it looks like the files from the victims devices are simply deleted.

“One of the bitcoin addresses associated with this attack is 13gMN3sJFxoLvoDzyGxq31sr4k9P2qqMDQ and has received 9 payments since June 27th that could be related to this campaign based on the payment amounts”, - reported Bleeping Computer journalists. YOU HAVE UNTIL THE 1st OF AUGUST 2019 TO MAKE THE PAYMENT OR YOUR FILES WILL BE GONE FOR GOOD.īE SURE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE PAYMENT COMMENTS, OR EMAIL ME THE CODE AND PAYMENT CONFIRMATION TO: THE PAYMENT YOU WILL RECEIVE A NEW FILE ON YOUR NAS DEVICE WITH THE LINK TO YOUR DECRYPTED FILES. IF YOU NEED THEM BACK PLEASE SEND 0.03 BITCOIN TO THIS ADDRESS: YOUR FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED AND MOVED TO A SAFE LOCATION. Unknown attackers penetrate users’ devices, encrypt files and leave a note with a ransom request in the amount of 0.01-0.05 bitcoin. The Bleeping Computer magazine warned of a wave of malware attacks on users of Synology and Lenovo Iomega NAS.
