VECT 2.0 Ransomware Wipes Large Files Across Windows, Linux & ESXi
The “new” VECT 2.0 ransomware is essentially a cross‑platform data wiper that permanently destroys most enterprise files rather than encrypting them for recovery. For any file larger than 131,072 bytes (128 KB), VECT processes four separate chunks using four different randomly generated ChaCha20‑IET
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