Amnesia is a malicious ransomware strain that encrypts victim files and demands ransom payment for decryption. First observed in the wild on May 1, 2017, this ransomware has been actively targeting systems worldwide.
Quick Facts
Ransomware Family
Amnesia
First Seen
May 1, 2017
How Amnesia Ransomware Works
Targeted Files
Encrypts first 1Mb
File Encryption Patterns
Amnesia modifies encrypted files using specific patterns to mark them as encrypted:
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