Sometimes it’s written inside a note left on a desktop, sometimes it just pops up on a screen without warning.įor the school headteacher in Texas, US, it didn’t hit home how serious it was until she remembered what her computer contained. Instead of stealing data or money from victims, the virus takes control of computers and scrambles every single document, picture, video and email. Ransomware is a particularly nasty type of computer virus. Now, as he read the ransom note, he panicked. But he never thought that he would be tricked into clicking on a wrong link. He had heard about this type of computer virus and how dangerous it could be. It had taken months of work and huge investment to plan for the future and, with the click of mouse, the hackers now had control.įor the senior manager of a large corporation in Hong Kong, it was instant cold sweat. The detailed, long-term financial plan for her already stretched high school. Not just the folder of pictures, but his entire body of work, emails and invoices were gone.įor the school head teacher in Texas, US, it didn’t hit home how serious it was until she remembered what her computer contained. Then everything on his computer screen changed. Late one night he was putting the finishing touches to his latest set of wedding photographs due for delivery to his excited newly-wed clients. For the photographer from Yorkshire, UK, it was nothing short of a disaster.
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