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Biz tells ransomware victims it can decrypt their files... by secretly paying off the crooks and banking a fat margin
2019-06-24 21:44

It's all in a lucrative day's work for Red Mosquito A Scottish managed services provider is running a lucrative sideline in ransomware decryption – however, a sting operation by a security firm appears to show that “decryption” merely means paying off the malware's masterminds.…


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