Surge in Ransomware Fueled by Bitcoin?

Sandunes · Dec 8, 2013

http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2013/12/08/surge-ransomware-due-bitcoin/

In the past, hackers demanded payment vouchers such as MoneyPak, but Bitcoin has become a much more attractive alternative since it is virtually impossible to trace. As a result, ransomware attacks have spiked more than 1000% in the past two and a half years, says McAfee. There were over 300,000 attacks in the last quarter alone.

In the United States, Swansea, a Massachusetts police department, had to pay $750 worth of Bitcoins to remove CryptoLocker from their computers.
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