First posted on the Internet in September 2013, CryptoLocker targeted computers running Microsoft Windows, using a Trojan. Due to its widespread nature, it’s been called “The real beginning of the ransomware scourge.” From late-2013 through mid-2014, the threat actor behind CryptoLocker made $27 million from an estimated 234,000 victims around the world.
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