i'll just hand my computer over to the cops at that point. they can decrypt everything, including child porn 
Depends on how hard you encrypt it. 
Topic: New ransomware CryptoDefense - page 2. (Read 2033 times)
Bitcoin is linked to criminals. As are cell phones.
And email. Who hasn't heard of the Nigerian scams?
i'll just hand my computer over to the cops at that point. they can decrypt everything, including child porn
Bitcoin is linked to criminals. As are cell phones.
Sadly it's nothing new.
I have seen cryptolocker 3-5 months ago...
As an I.T. consultant, I have had at least 7 clients get hit within the last 5 months...
I spend many hours of research to unlock or decrypt files... in most cases, it was a backup recovery. In others, a loss of not so critical data.
I have seen cryptolocker 3-5 months ago...
As an I.T. consultant, I have had at least 7 clients get hit within the last 5 months...
I spend many hours of research to unlock or decrypt files... in most cases, it was a backup recovery. In others, a loss of not so critical data.
This new ransomware is not good news for Bitcoin as it specifically asks for payment in Btc via Tor browser which could obviously give people the impression that Bitcoin is linked to criminals.
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/earthlink_writeup.jsp?docid=2014-032622-1552-99
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/earthlink_writeup.jsp?docid=2014-032622-1552-99
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