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  • Cryptolocker infects cop PC: Massachusetts plod fork out Bitcoin ransom

    11/21/2013 2:56:18 AM PST · by markomalley · 30 replies
    The Register ^ | 11/21/2013 | Iain Thomson
    Massachusetts cops have admitted paying a ransom to get their data back on an official police computer infected with the devilish Cryptolocker ransomware.Cryptolocker is a rather unpleasant strain of malware, first spotted in August, that encrypts documents on the infiltrated Windows PC and will throw away the decryption key unless a ransom is paid before a time limit. The sophisticated software, which uses virtually unbreakable 256-bit AES and 2048-bit RSA encryption, even offers a payment plan for victims who have trouble forking out the two Bitcoins (right now $1,200) required to recover the obfuscated data. On November 6, a police...