Security News > 2015 > April > As Ransomware Attacks Evolve, More Potential Victims Are at Risk (Threatpost)
2015-04-14 10:00
In early December, as most people were dealing with the stress of looking for the perfect holiday gifts and planning out their upcoming celebrations, police officers in a small New England town were under a different sort of pressure. The vital files and data the Tewksbury Police Department needed to go about its daily business had been encrypted […]
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