New AgeLocker Ransomware uses Googler's utility to encrypt files

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A new and targeted ransomware named AgeLocker utilizes the 'Age' encryption tool created by a Google employee to encrypt victim's files.

Yesterday, a consultant created a topic in the BleepingComputer forums about a new ransomware used in an attack against their client.
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