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		lightblade on July 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pizzerias Receiving Extortion Letters Demanding Bi... I wonder if my disk is already encrypted (full disk encryption), can they put another encryption on top of that?

diplomatpuppy on July 1, 2014 [–]

Yes... the malware replaces each file with an encrypted version. It works on an individual file level.

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