Muva nje, uCapcom ube yisisulu sokuputshuka kwedatha. Ukuphulwa kwe-ransomware kwenzeka ngoNovemba ka-2020 futhi inqwaba yolwazi oluyimfihlo namafayela achithwa kuwebhu yomhlaba wonke ukuze wonke umuntu abone. U-Judy A. Juracek, umklami, uthole ukuthi okuxutshwe phakathi kwezingxenye ezihlukahlukene zedatha ezintantayo kwakukhona nenani lezithombe zakhe ezisetshenziswa kulo lonke uchungechunge lwemidlalo yevidiyo ye-Capcom. Kusuka Resident Evil 4 kuya UDeveli Angakhala, amafayela ezithombe ezinhle ayesekhishiwe enguqulweni ye-CD-ROM yencwadi yakhe yango-1996, Ukushona, ngezinkulungwane zezinjongo ezahlukene. Nasi isibonelo sesinye sezilinganiso ezingaphezu kuka-200 ezisolwa ngokungagunyaziwe zomsebenzi ka-Juracek:
Njengoba umdwebo (ngenhlonipho ye-VGC) ubonisa, ukuthungwa okugcwalisa u-“4” ku- Resident Evil 4 ilogo ibonakala iphakanyiswe ngokuqondile esithombeni G079, okuyisithombe esiseduze sengilazi ephihliziwe. Kunezinye izithombe eziningi u-Juracek aziqoqile enikeza izibonelo ezifanayo, futhi, ngaphandle uma konke lokhu kuyisenzakalo esisodwa esikhulu, kubukeka sengathi kunobufakazi ezimangalweni zakhe. Ngempela, amanye amafayela ezithombe avela ku-Capcom avuzayo aze abe negama elifanayo lefayela njengozakwabo ku- Ukushona CD. I-Juracek ifuna u-$12 million ngomonakalo. Futhi ucela phakathi kuka-$2,500 no-$25,000 emalini eyengeziwe yesithombe ngasinye esisetshenziswe ngaphandle kwemvume.
ICapcom ithe iyasazi lesi simo kodwa iveze ukuthi “akukho ukuphawula” okuqinile ngale kwalokho.
Source: I-VGC
Okuthunyelwe Kufakwe Isimangalo So-$12 Million ngokumelene neCapcom Ngokuphulwa Kwelungelo Lobunikazi ivele kuqala Nintendojo.
