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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by tgb on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:09PM (#11733357)
Why were they targeting video games? Seems like you can just reinstall and that corporate or personal information would be much more valuable and high ransom.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by ben_jones on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:18PM (#11733938)
Low hanging fruit. Gamers will download anything, game files are always in an easy to access location.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by rtpg on Thursday May 19, 2016 @08:57PM (#11734983)
A lot of game pirating instructions involve "disable your antivirus"
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by brobinson on Friday May 20, 2016 @12:39AM (#11735576)
Some game mods do, too, as they'll legitimately patch binaries either on disk or in memory through DLL injection.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by stingraycharles on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:28PM (#11733520)
They were targeting savegames specifically.
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Re:Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing ma... by Laforet on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:30PM (#11733546)
as well as recorded replays
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