Web virus holds computer files ‘hostage’
Security researchers at San Diego-based Websense Inc. uncovered the unusual extortion plot when a corporate customer they would not identify fell victim to the infection, which encrypted files that included documents, photographs and spreadsheets.
A ransom note left behind included an e-mail address, and the attacker using the address later demanded $200 for the digital keys to unlock the files.
“This is equivalent to someone coming into your home, putting your valuables in a safe and not telling you the combination,
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