Hangzhou’s Cybersecurity Breakthrough: How ChatGPT Elevated Ransomware Resolution

The Chinese media reported on Thursday that local police have arrested a criminal gang from Hangzhou who are using ChatGPT for program optimization to carry out ransomware attacks for the purpose of extortion. 

An organization in the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou reported the presence of ransomware on its servers on November 20. Thus the company’s systems were unable to function normally as a result. The police then began to investigate. 

The attack was first reported by an unidentified company in Hangzhou, the capital of eastern Zhejiang province, which had had its systems blocked by ransomware, according to a report published by the state-run media outlet on Thursday.

According to the hackers, the 20,000 Tether stablecoin that is tied to the US dollar is the price they would charge for restoring access to the site.

During the inspection, the local police extracted the Trojan program for analysis and conducted a multidimensional assessment of the virtual currency addresses used by the suspects for extortion, as well as conducting detailed inspections of the affected servers. 

It was ultimately determined that two suspects had been identified due to these actions.

It was reported that two suspects were

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