Ransomware attacks have been making headlines in recent years. It is a kind of malware that encrypts files on a victim’s computer and makes them inaccessible to the victim. Like other forms of malware, it also infects all connected systems. The attacker holds the encryption keys, promising to share them with the victims in exchange for ransom money. The victim can only hope to get the decryption keys by paying a ransom to the attacker or possibly from other victims or agencies that make them publicly available. Though the data remains intact, it is inaccessible until the keys are supplied so the data may be decrypted.
