For larger files, the malware generates four of these codes. But due to a programming error, it keeps overwriting each new code with the previous one in the same slot, like writing four different combinations on a single sticky note and keeping only the last one. By the time it’s done, three of the four codes are gone forever. The scrambled data they correspond to is permanently unreadable for the victim, security researchers, and the attackers themselves.
They called me crazy for insisting on ensuring all of our companies files compress to 10,000 separate 64KiB xz compressed files. Well who’s laughing now?!
Best part about doing this is you can get 4 files to a DD 5.25". That, alone, quadruples the speed of performing off-site backups.
Not even malware is safe from vibe coders
When their alpha testers are already ransomware victims, I suppose they figure what’s the harm?
Its not reallt ransomware at that point is it? More like a data terrorist.