May 31, 2006
Ransonware Victim Profiled
The BBC profiles a woman who was a victim of Ransomware:
Ms Barrow, from Littleborough, discovered her computer files had vanished and replaced by one 30-digit password-protected folder.
When you put a face in the crime is starts to become more real.
Woman targeted by web hackers [BBC]
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Update: Thankfully these criminals didn’t follow secure coding practices, and stored the password in the virus code.
