The world’s first ransomware appeared 35 years ago — it was distributed on 5.25″ floppy disks

News Software 01-19-2025 at 21:22 comment
In January 1990, an investigation began into a new cybercrime. The ransomware program was contained on floppy disks signed «AIDS Information — Introductory Diskette 2.0».

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