Of 48 valley regions with distinctive features, three were probably worn into the surface by groundwater from springs, nine were carved out by glaciers, 14 were likely created by rivers, and 22 formed under ice sheets. 1
It took the malware 10 hours to fully infect one target’s network. 1
It also uses some unorthodox cryptographic practices that aren’t “semantically secure,” because patterns of the original files remain after they’re encrypted. 1
The malware also appears to have taken hold of one victim through a chance infection of its virtual private network. 1
Malwarebytes researcher Pieter Arntz wrote:
In general, we can state that if this gang has found an entrance into your network it will be impossible to stop them from encrypting at least part of your files. 1
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Once WastedLocker has taken hold in a network, demands typically range from $500,000 to $10 million. 1