It’s no secret that crypto-ransomware has become a huge problem for cybersecurity over the last few years. The powerful tools typically encrypt files on an infected computer, and extort a bitcoin ransom from victims.
In 2015, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s CYBER and Counterintelligence Program, Joseph Bonavolonta, said that “the ransomware is that good” that the agency “often advise people just to pay the ransom.”
http://bravenewcoin.com/news/ransomware-is-growing-quickly-but-chainalysis-expects-arrests-soon/
Topic: [2016-08-23] Ransomware is growing quickly but Chainalysis expects arrests soon (Read 201 times)
August 22, 2016, 11:54:17 PM
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