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CryptoLocker (uncountable)
- A ransomware Trojan first observed in September 2013 that spread through malicious email attachments and via the Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". botnet; once executed it encrypted victims’ files using public-key cryptography (with the private keys held by the attackers) and demanded payment (often in Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". or prepaid vouchers) for decryption. The campaign caused widespread data loss and extortion until law-enforcement disruption efforts (notably Operation Tovar) began in mid-2014.Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".[[Category:Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".]]