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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Andrew C. M. Hicks, Highland, NY (US);
John S. Werner, Dutchess, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for detecting and stopping a ransomware attack. Prior to any attack hidden security flags are inserted into data that is stored. The data can be unencrypted either because the user does not intend to encrypt the data, the data has yet to be encrypted as part of a normal encryption process or is subject to additional encryption. A request is received to encrypt data using an encryption module. The process determines if the data to be encrypted includes a hidden security flag. If the data includes a hidden security flag a hidden security flag counter is incremented. The encryption is stopped if the value of the hidden security flag counter exceeds a threshold value. A user can be notified of the halting of the encryption process.