From: History of Ransomware [1] > One of the first ransomware attacks ever documented was the AIDS trojan (PC Cyborg Virus) that was released via floppy disk i

From: History of Ransomware [1] > One of the first ransomware attacks ever documented was the AIDS trojan (PC Cyborg Virus) that was released via floppy disk in 1989. Victims needed to send $189 to a P.O. box in Panama to restore access to their systems, even though it was a simple virus that utilized symmetric cryptography. [1] https://www.crowdstrike.com/cybersecurity-101/ransomware/history-of-ransomware/ https://www.crowdstrike.com/cybersecurity-101/ransomware/his...