The OS X ransomware likely infected less than 7,000 systems

KeRanger, the first functional OS X ransomware ever detected in the wild, probably didn't do a lot of damage.

Discovered March 4 in a version of the BitTorrent client Transmission, the KeRanger malware infects the host machine, encrypts some of its contents, and asks for bitcoins in exchange of decrypting the owner's data. 

Now, Forbes reports that the malware's impact was relatively low. The outlet spoke to Transmission's John Clay, who shed some light on how the Transmission software got infected with KeRanger and how many users downloaded that version.  Read more...