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Old 06-01-2005, 10:48 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Ransomware

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Originally Posted by darrenstraight
Here's another article I was reading today, it's about Hard disk space being kidnapped until a ransom is paid, please tell me your opinions on this and how concerned you are and do you feel it may just happen to you.

http://infotech.indiatimes.com/artic...70,curpg-1.cms
Ummm...Darren, the hackers don't seal off hard disk space, they encrypt certain files within a virtual disk drive, causing the operating system to deny any kind of access of the file to the operator.
There's a big difference.
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