Thursday, January 29, 2015

RansomWeb: Crooks Start Encrypting Websites And Demanding Thousands Of Dollars From Businesses

From Forbes:

RansomWeb: Crooks Start Encrypting Websites And Demanding Thousands Of Dollars From Businesses

In another startling development in the world of cyber crime, malicious hackers have started taking over website servers, encrypting the data on them and demanding payment to unlock the files. A large European financial services company, whose name was not disclosed, was the first known victim of this potentially business-destroying attack, according to Swiss security firm High-Tech Bridge, which investigated the breach in December 2014.

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