Ransomware — when a virus freezes a user’s computer and criminals demand money to unlock it — has become a lucrative online scheme.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/technology/ransomware-is-expanding-in-the-united-states.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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