How do ransomware attacks encrypt a company's database system?

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What is asymmetric public-private key cryptography and why is it virtually impossible to decrypt files without paying the hackers the digital key?

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Hackers execute a script that encrypts files using a remote public key. Without the matching private key held on their server, decryption is mathematically impossible.

How do ransomware attacks encrypt a company's database system?

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