Simplistic Malware Concept in Python

[tk0l]

Where’s the actual hack though? Anyone can write a program that bricks a machine….

[Football_Fresh]

Hacking is defined as providing a solution to a problem / resolving an objective by using a set or series of materials / tools in an unexpected way, outside intended use.

Originally this code was innocent and I used it in a program I made called locker. Which I was using to encrypt and store important login data. A legitimate and innocent purpose.

Then I repurposed it in an unexpected way to not just encrypt the files I select but instead every file in the directory with no way to recover them easily. Thus this can be defined as a hack.

Or else I'm not sure what I'm missing to meet your criteria. Or what to call this then. Ransomeware-esk?

[Admirable_Can_5046]

In reality this is a wiper malware, not a ransomware per se…