[Sparklite]

Same thing happened in an episode of The Good Wife.

[moovova]

Officer Bubba been surfing too many porn websites on the night shift.

[AppyPappy]

No backups?

I think I see their problem there.

[UCANSEE2]

So.... if he has to PAY somebody, can’t the ‘authorities’ track down who receives the payment ?

[rockrr]

There should be a bounty on the heads of authors of cryptolocker and similar ransom-ware. A lamppost is too good for them.

[fella]

It’s a lot more difficult to hold paper files for ransom.

[Moonman62]

Detective Jeff McCliss told WTVF-TV that malware on a computer locked the agency's case files, which included autopsy reports, witness statements and crime scene photos.

Good luck using it as evidence now. Store all that stuff on a non-network computer.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Somebody introduce the Sheriff to Malwarebytes.

[Cats Pajamas]

This bastard crypto virus hit my computers Halloween night. Took out all my email. Looks like hieroglyphics. I just got everything back up, spent the last two weeks downloading my backup. Found a demand on my hard drive for $500 bitcoins before wiping the drives. They can pound sand before I pay. I will shut down my business and go on welfare before I would pay extortion. My emails that were scrambled are still gobblygook. I would like to be alone with whoever is responsible. I can’t even say what I really want to say. My daddy raised a good Christian girl.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Must have been a Mac; I’m always reading about how there is a virus that will destroy the Apple universe.

They always tell us that Republicans are sleazy and Democrats are pure as the wind-driven snow, too . . .

[rednesss]

This just happened to a fried of mine. He lost a whole bunch of stuff.

http://www.adlice.com/poweliks-removal-with-roguekiller/

[cqnc]

never. have. an. important. file. on. only. one. spindle. /