Jun 1, 2006 5:35 PM

Random Acts of Ransomware

This sweet-faced British nurse is one of the first personal

victims of ransomware. She was pounced on out of nowhere

by Russian hackers who encrypted her personal files and demanded

an extortion payoff.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5034384.stm

Let's hope she's not swiftly followed by several thousand other such sufferers

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