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TeslaCrypt was a ransomware trojan. It is now defunct, and its master key was released by the developers.

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ransomware
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operating system
Microsoft Windows
time of discovery or invention
2015-00-00
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TeslaCrypt was a ransomware trojan. It is now defunct, and its master key was released by the developers.

In its early forms, TeslaCrypt targeted game-play data for specific computer games. Newer variants of the malware also affect other file types.

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