A new form of crypto-ransomware for macOS is being spread through BitTorrent and researchers say because of its poor design victims may not be able to recover their data even if they pay up. ESET in its blog details the ransomware termed OSX/Filecoder.E, which is written in Apple’s Swift programming language and distributed via BitTorrent sites.
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