Every file on his hard drive began changing icons to a blank white page. His months of raw footage, his carefully backed-up photos, and even his resume were being encrypted in real-time. The "free" software had come with a very high price.
A single window popped up, but it wasn't a crash report. It was a simple text box that read: “Editing is about making choices. Here is yours: pay the ransom or lose the footage.” Every file on his hard drive began changing
For ten minutes, it worked. The familiar purple splash screen of Premiere Pro appeared. He started importing his footage, feeling like a genius who had beaten the system. Then, the cursor froze. his carefully backed-up photos