My university sent around an email with a photo of GRUB displaying some ransomware message with a demand 222 bitcoins. Sure freaked me out, as a linux user who

My university sent around an email with a photo of GRUB displaying some ransomware message with a demand 222 bitcoins. Sure freaked me out, as a linux user who usually gets to ignore emails like this, but upon investigation it was unrelated [1] to today's events. The screenshot was of ransomware that while still terrifying, existed before today. [1] https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/01/05/killdisk-now-targeting-linux-demands-250k-ransom-cant-decrypt/ https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/01/05/killdisk-now-targe...