In a bizarre twist in a constantly changing security environment, a new form of ransomware running wild does not ask victims for a payment but instead forces them to play PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, a battle royale game that first become popular last year. The infection route for the PUBG Ransomware, first revealed in a tweet from Malware Hunter Team, isn’t clear, however, once on a victim’s computer it encrypts files including images, music and documents before making its ransomware demand – that a victim play PUBG for one hour to have their files released.

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