From ehackingnews.com
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May 2020 was not a good month for both the Texas Courts and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as the month marked the discovery of a new ransomware called Ransom X, being effectively utilized in human-operated and focused on attacks against government agencies and enterprises.
Advanced Intel’s Vitali Kremez discovered a ‘ransom.exx’ which was believed to be the name of the ransomware. As this is human-operated ransomware, as opposed to one distributed by means of phishing or malware, when executed the ransomware opens a console that shows info to the attacker while it is running.