See a fictional workstation move from healthy files to a simulated availability incident, then restore a known-good recovery point. Every file shown is a harmless browser-state object.
Safe educational model
This reconstruction changes only fictional browser-state objects. No files are opened, encrypted, renamed, uploaded, or modified on your device. It has no filesystem access, uploads, external requests, or malware code.
FICTIONAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT
Incident recovery control room
LOCAL · SYNTHETIC · REVERSIBLE
Clears all fictional file states, response choices, recovery state, and scheduled transitions.
Historical and modern context
Ransomware evolved from earlier malicious software into major criminal ecosystems. Modern incidents can combine availability loss, extortion, data theft, lateral movement, and operational disruption; real incidents vary greatly.
This lab models only data availability and recovery concepts. It does not reproduce code, exploit details, ransom notes, cryptography, or attack procedures.