DELL: Cryptolocker ransomware has infected quarter of a million systems since September
DELL's security research team has revealed that a new form of ransomware, dubbed "Cryptolocker" has managed to infect up to 250,000 devices, stealing almost a million dollars in Bitcoins (about £600,000).
"Based on the presented evidence, researchers estimate that 200,000 to 250,000 systems were infected globally in the first 100 days of the CryptoLocker threat," Dell announced in a Secureworks post.
The firm worked out that if the Cryptolocker ransomware threat actors had sold its 1,216 total Bitcoins (BTC) that they collected from September this year, immediately upon receiving them, they would have earned nearly $380,000. "If they elected to hold these ransoms, they would be worth nearly $980,000 as of this publication based on the current weighted price of $804/BTC," Dell said.
