Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Kaspersky IT Encyclopedia: Aids Ransomware

1989 | Kaspersky IT Encyclopedia: Excerpt: ″December 1989 witnessed the Aids Information Diskette incident. 20,000 discs containing a Trojan were sent to addresses in Eurpose, Africa, Australia and the WHO. The addresses had been stolen from the database of PC Business World. Once an infected disk has been loaded, the program would automatically install itself on the system, creating its own concealed files and directories and modifying system files. After 90 loads, the operating system encoded the names of all files, rendering them invisible and leaving only one file accessible. This file recommended paying money to a specified bank account. ″