Hackers cook up Breaking Bad themed ransomware to fire attacks down under

A breaking bad themed malware has been unearthed by Symantec and is thought to be causing a ruckus to computers down under.

The new crypto ransomware threat, named Trojan.Cryptolocker.S, has been reported to encrypt images, videos and documents on Oz users’ compromised computers and then demand up to AU$1,000 (about 500 quid) to decrypt them.