SkidLocker
Aliases: Pompous
- First seen
- 2016-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- ransomware
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:39:51
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector healthcare-and-pharmaceutical financial-services
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:gb country_code:ca
Context
SkidLocker is a ransomware variant based on the EDA2 platform. It encrypts user files and demands a ransom for decryption, primarily targeting public sector entities and corporations in the financial and healthcare industries.
Reports & references
- bleepingcomputer.com — Pompous Ransomware Dev Gets Defeated By Backdoor (report)
- nyxbone.com — Skidlocker (report)
- id-ransomware.blogspot.com — Pompous Ransomware (report)