Sheriff's Department Pays 'Ransomware' for Files

A type of malware that holds a user's computer files hostage has claimed at least a million victims, ranging from individuals to small businesses to, in at least one case, a local sheriff's department. Security expert say hackers have been using CryptoWall, a family of "ransomware" programs that "lock up" files on a computer, to extort money from computer owners.

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