Today’s huge ransomware attack has only made about $7,500 so far

This article was originally published on TechCrunch.

 Ransomware attacks are bigger than ever, but the payouts appear to be shrinking. While the ransomware suspected to be a variant of Petya makes headlines around the world, whoever set it loose isn’t really making a whole lot of money, especially if they paid for the software to begin with.
At the time of writing, the Bitcoin address that today’s global attack points to has only… Read More

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