https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-encrypts-vmware-esxi-servers-with-python-script/

Operators of an unknown ransomware gang are using a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers.

While the Python programming language is not commonly used in ransomware development, it is a logical choice for ESXi systems, seeing that such Linux-based servers come with Python installed by default.