Tuesday, May 24, 2005

The new terrorism - e-Hostage!!!

Computer users already anxious about viruses and identity theft have new reason to worry: Hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your computer and then demand $200 over the Internet to get them back.
"This is equivalent to someone coming into your home, putting your valuables in a safe and not telling you the combination," said Oliver Friedrichs, a security manager for Symantec Corp.
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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey raam, itne sare chor uchhkke kam the jo ye nahi musibat aa gayi ??

do u know how to avoid it ?

12:26 PM  
Blogger Nishant Verma said...

Of what i can think, if we only protect the files using password then this can be avoided to an extent.

-Nishant

4:20 PM  

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