There are early signs of a new ransomware outbreak, currently affecting a large number of countries across the globe, such as the UK, Ukraine, India, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, and others. This ransom uses the contact details of wowsmith123456@posteo.net and asks for a payment of $300 in Bitcoin. At the time of writing, the ransomware outbreak is smaller than WannaCry, but the volume is “considerable,” according to Costin Raiu, Kaspersky Labs researcher, and MalwareHunter, an independent security researcher.