ransomware
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- noun
- /ˈrænsəmˌwɛr/
- Specialized
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ransomware
- The hospital's computer system was held hostage by ransomware, preventing doctors from accessing patient records until a payment was made.
- ransomware attack
- victims of ransomware
- ransomware infection
Actually extremely hard to do would be to to run that ransomware on the Bitcoin Ethereum blockchain itself.
- Actually extremely hard to do would be to to run that ransomware on the Bitcoin Ethereum blockchain itself.
- I just recently storage got hacked by ransomware for these, these storage devices called QNAP Nas.
- But for today's regular user, for the people who who get hit by ransomware and and who do lose all their family photos, I'm not sure that system works.
- And the ransom message, the ransomware was just a kind of thin ruse.
- That is similar to what the founding the violence were digital if ransomware suddenly was unleashed.
- But China and Russia, like one of the biggest things that's prevalent now is been ransomware campaigns.
- And can a nation state masquerade as a cyber criminal group, as a ransomware group?
Examples
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After falling victim to ransomware, the company had to pay a hefty sum to regain access to their files.
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I just got done cleaning a Windows 7 computer that had a different version of the ransomware.
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When this ransomware infection gets into your computer, it locks your desktop and does not allow you to access it.
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Symantec's research found that nearly 3 percent of all those who are attacked by ransomware end up paying the attackers.
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It would be a ransomware attack, which locks all of your access to data and it's encrypted.
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Ransomware is particularly problematic, says McAfee, because the damage is instant and commonly a machine is rendered completely unusable.
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The police issued a warning about ransomware, urging businesses to back up their data regularly to avoid financial loss.
Synonyms
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Programs that harm computers or let someone access them without permission
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Etymology
Ransomware combines ransom 'payment to free someone' and ware, as in software 'programs'. So ransomware means 'programs' that lock your files and ask for money, like a digital 'kidnapping', which explains the modern meaning.