Security News > 2021 > March > New Sarbloh ransomware supports Indian farmers' protest
A new ransomware known as Sarbloh encrypts your files while at the same time delivering a message supporting the protests of Indian farmers.
Last year the Indian government passed a new set of laws called the 'Indian agriculture acts of 2020', also known as the Farm Bills, which the government says is necessary to modernize its agricultural industry.
Farmers believe that these new laws will hurt their livelihoods and make it more challenging to generate revenue as the new laws removed restrictions on how farmers can sell goods and for how much.
Since November 2020, thousands of Indian farmers have been protesting these bills outside of New Delhi.
As detailed by numerous security firms, including Malwarebytes, Cyble, and QuickHeal, a new ransomware known as 'Sarbloh' is being distributed through malicious Word documents that contain a political message in support of Indian farmers.
According to Michael Gillespie, Sarbloh is based on open-source ransomware known as KhalsaCrypt that unfortunately has no known weaknesses.