Comment Re:Better Than Commercial Software? (Score 4, Interesting) 202
So, you made a donation to organized crime. How charitable.
As did this police department
US local police department pays CryptoLocker ransom
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A local police department in Swansea, Massachusetts, has paid cybercrooks behind the CryptoLocker ransomware attack to decrypt files locked up by the malware on police computer systems, according to local press reports.
The police department spokesman claimed that the infection had been mopped up and their systems secured, with no personal information stolen.
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