Researchers say SpriteCoin is not really a true cryptocurrency, but is one that was created for this specific attack. The ransom demanded is $97.3 Monero. Victims who pay the ransom are not given a decryption key. Instead of being delivered the supposed key to decrypt files, the payload is a secondary malicious program identified as W32/Generic!tr. Researchers have not fully analyzed the malware, they say it does have the capability to activate web cameras and parse keys that will likely leave the victim more compromised than before.”]