Ransomware ... pay up or we delete your data

[muckshifter]

The Archiveus virus caught out British nurse Helen Barrow and swapped her data with a password-protected file.

The virus is the latest example of so-called "ransomware" that tries to extort cash from victims.

Poor programming has allowed anti-virus companies to discover the password to retrieve the hijacked data inside the virus.

The 30-digit password locking the files is "mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw". Using the password should restore all the hijacked files.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5038330.stm

 

[Anon_F]

Saw that this morning on the news, seems some company in the USA got stung for a few US $ over it recently.

 

[TriplexDread]

OMFG

I so wish I could swear really really loud..


I hate people who take the P*SS