L' INTELLIGENCE CYBER par Jean-Paul Pinte

Creator apologizes for a “joke” that really requires expert play to unlock files.

At this point, Ars readers have heard countless tales of computer users being forced to pay significant sums to unlock files encrypted with malicious ransomware. So we were a bit surprised when word started to trickle out about a new bit of ransomware that doesn’t ask for money. Instead, “Rensenware” forces players to get a high score in a difficult PC shoot-em-up to decrypt their files.

Do you want to play a game? Ransomware asks for high score instead of money