Ransoming data: The new weapon of choice for cyber criminals?

Ransoming data has been relatively popular among hackers for years. In 2006, criminals used a Trojan horse program to freeze the files of a UK woman, who eventually managed to recover much of her data. According to ZDNet.co.uk, a ransom note instructed the woman to avoid going to the police, and to "buy pharmaceutical products online to gain the password to release her files." But they seem to have kicked it up a notch as of late.

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