Visit this site before you pay hackers a ransom for your encrypted files
Jul26
The use of ransomware has been on the rise in recent times. Earlier this year, a hospital in Hollywood paid $17,000 in Bitcoin to hackers who’d encrypted its files so they’d unlock them; a Canadian university paid $20,000 to attackers for the same reason just last month. And no, individuals aren’t safe from such attacks. In March, a new piece of ransomware began doing the rounds with the ability to encrypt your entire hard drive. Ransomware was also found bundled into a popular Mac app called Transmission around the same time. Whether you’re keen to ward off such an attack…
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