Blackmail virus returns with an 'uncrackable' 1024-bit encryption key

Kaspersky Lab is warning the public at large to be on the lookout for a new version of the blackmail virus Gpcode which has started to appear in the wild. This particularly nasty twist on the virus format encrypts your files using an RSA encryption algorithm, this time with a 1024-bit key. In order to get your file access back, the virus author offers to sell you a decryption tool. Straightforward blackmail for the digital age, and if those files are critical to your work or contain vital personal data then you might just consider giving in and paying up.