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The malware that's been holding gamers' hostage is now even more destructive
- stephengillie 11y ago> The malware that's been holding gamers' hostage is now even more destructive Really? Too bad this article doesn't provide any interesting info: 1. How does it target gamers specifically, and not netflixers or redditors? 2. How is it more destructive? Ransomware is as destructive as a big metal safe. 3. What is so valuable on a gamer's machine? What games can't be just re-downloaded onto a wiped PC? Does this program lock you out of Steam or something? It's basically a submarine piece for TeslaCrypt 2.0, now with stronger encryption. Get yours now before they become even more illegal!
- dragonwriter 11y agoThe current HN headline ("The malware that's been holding gamers' hostage is now even more destructive") has a meaning-changing error [0] that is not in the original, because of the omission of the word "files" (original: "The malware that's been holding gamers' files hostage for $500 is now even more destructive")