encrypt

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Recent Examples of encrypt But if ransomware was involved, that still leaves your files hopelessly encrypted. PCMAG, 23 Jan. 2025 Finally, a Play ransomware attack will encrypt an organization’s systems but also, as is the norm these days, exfiltrate information first so as to leverage extortion demands via leak sites. Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 According to the blog, that vector embedding is then encrypted and sent to Apple to compare with its database. Wes Davis, The Verge, 29 Dec. 2024 Federal agencies are required to start encrypting emails and other internal messages. Sam Sabin, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for encrypt 

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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrypt. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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