Ransomware Is Expanding In The United States

By NICOLE PERLROTH, New York Times
Thu, 12/06/2012 - 8:17am

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

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