14 Apr
2015
14 Apr
'15
3:35 p.m.
Which shows the "sophistication" (or lack of) of this fraud operation and makes me wonder why the penmens at TheReg would even publish this tidbit: $300 ransom targeting a police department? Yeah. – BizDevCon
On 14 Apr 2015, at 16:53, Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com> wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/13/us_police_ransomware/ Welcome to the FUTURE: US cops pay Bitcoin ransom to end office hostage drama
After trying to restore the encrypted files for a couple of days, the police in Maine decided to pay the $300 ransom in Bitcoins.