Moscow police investigate alleged ransomware gang

31 August 2010, 2:55 pm

IDG News Service - Russian police are reportedly investigating a criminal gang that installed malicious "ransomware" programs on thousands of PCs and then forced victims to send SMS messages in order to unlock their PCs.... Read More »

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