Ransomware-as-a-service AlphaLocker can be purchased directly from the author for as little as $65 USD, via Bitcoin. The malware is based on EDA2, a project built last year on open source code. The Board of Water and Light in Lansing, Michigan, is reportedly nearly recovered from a cyber attack that took down its system for nearly 12 days. The FBI has issued a warning urging businesses hit by ransomware to resist paying attackers for access to their files.
Source: https://threatpost.com/criminals-peddling-affordable-alphalocker-ransomware/117888/