Hackers taking hostages
Computer users already anxious about viruses and identity theft have new reason to worry : Hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your computer and then demand $200 over the internet to get them back.
Security researchers at Websense uncovered the unusual extortion plot when a corporate customer they would not identify fell victim to the infection, which encrypted files that included documents, photographs and spreadsheets.
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