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simon1221
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PostPosted: 16:09 - 02 Jun 2006    Post subject: Ransomware Reply with quote
https://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/092605-ransom.html

Apparently holds your computer files (documents etc) to ransom with a 38 digit password then asks you to buy drugs from an online vendor or deposit money into an account. The password turns out to be (from the latest: Arhiveus:

mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw

Im sure its been around for a while, but Ive only just noticed. Apparently it has been around in america for a while but only came to the UK a few days ago (I read the times newspaper Shocked ).
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Finglonga
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PostPosted: 19:01 - 02 Jun 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
More about it here.
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thx1138
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PostPosted: 21:39 - 02 Jun 2006    Post subject: . Reply with quote
a new kind of threat, no. A new spin, on and old threat, yes.
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simon1221
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PostPosted: 11:48 - 03 Jun 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had just never heard of it until now, so I guess it was new to me.
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