Ransomware - Threatens to Take Your Data Hostage
A rise in data kidnappings makes data protection more important than ever. It’s little more than electronic thuggery. Demanding payment for the safe return of your data is one of the newest scams perpetrated by cyber-criminals. And they’re using ransomware - malware that’s expressly designed to encrypt your data - to do it.In a ransomware attack, the criminal will send the victim an email saying that they have control of their system, and the victim can’t get any data on their system unless they pay the criminal through an untraceable wire service.
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