PewDiePie ransomware forcing users to subscribe him on YouTube

T-Series – PewDiePie Battle Takes an Ugly Turn- PewDiePie Fans Launching PewDiePie ransomware to Get Followers.

The battle between T-Series and PewDiePie for the top slot on YouTube is getting more fierce and dramatic day by day. Where T-Series fans are supporting the Indian music company, PewDiePie fans have resorted to extreme measures in making their idol get the coveted position including launching ransomware attacks with PewDiePie ransomware.

PewDiePie ransomware

 To make sure that the number of subscribers of PewDiePie keeps increasing at a rapid pace so as to reach the required benchmark of 100 million subscribers, they have been launching ransomware, malware, and other malicious attacks to remain ahead in the competition.

Reportedly, in the last three months, two PewDiePie themed ransomware (PewDiePie ransomware) strains have been released by PewDiePie fans forcing people to subscribe to their idol. The first strain was launched in mid-December, which was dubbed PewDiePie ransomware.

According to several ransomware researchers, the first strain was a poorly modified version of ShellLocker ransomware and the author probably wasn’t a pro at ransomware coding because the program didn’t save encryption keys or upload them anywhere due to which the data got permanently lost. Since it couldn’t do much damage, it was later mocked as a jock ransomware.

The second ransomware, however, is causing havoc by encrypting and destroying user data. Launched in January, it can be termed as a full-fledged and operational ransomware strain that was dubbed as pewCrypt. Coded in Java language, this time around the authors revised the coding to encrypt user data appropriately and even offered the option to recover the data but that would happen when PewDiePie would reach 100 million followers.