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Why is ransomware still a thing? One-in-three polled netizens say they would cave to extortion demands

Friday 3rd April 2020 08:48 GMT Version 1.0

Re: Ransomware Aftermath

And even if the system is sanitized and the OS clean reinstalled, the criminals may still own a copy of all the data, your account and passwords etc - this is more significant in business than college.

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