Researchers from the security solution company Emsisoft have revealed that Ryuk ransomware hackers have damaged their own decryption software, causing a complete data loss, despite receiving payments from frantic victims. Throughout the year 2019, government entities, corporates and individuals continued to encounter cases of ransomware attacks that resulted in a substantial loss like network downtime, expensive restoration efforts, delayed services, and more. Of all the cyberattacks that took place, Ryuk ransomware seemed to be the deadliest and damaging. Once it gains access to the system, the ransomware continues to infect as many end-users as possible, until the Bitcoin ransom is
