New Ransomware Spreading Rapidly in China Infected Over 100,000 PCs

https://thehackernews.com/2018/12/china-ransomware-wechat.html

This new ransomware has managed to infect 100,000 machines in 4 days and only asked for $14 US. This is an odd ransomware. it doesn’t ask for bitcoin but rather payment via a popular Chinese texting app. It also steals login and password information for such apps on the infected computers. It is an interesting newer take on ransomware. The attacker used a supply chain attack adding his malicious code to legitimate software.
The infection speed did not matter as is seem the author didn’t do a very good job hiding his tracks. He was arrested after 24 hours. Check out the article to see how he lead the authorities right to him.