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Originally Posted by unimatrix0
Cryptolocker is just the begining.
They recommend paying with btc.
Now that this type of attack was a financial success, there will be other following. And they will relay on btc because is easier to setup = no cost to them to accept btc.
The stories about old ladies loosing their computer to this hackers and trying to figure out haw btc work can be a delight for media.
Not to mention that an US police station has paid the ransom with btc.
This type of attack will continue and will target also online business and servers. This is just the beginning.
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The cryptolocker was originally aimed at businesses only, which did not work out to well for them.
"It added that the cyber-criminals responsible were now targeting home internet users after initially focusing on professionals.
The firm has provided a list of net domains that it suspects have been used to spread the code, but warned that more are being generated every day.
Ransomware has existed since at least 1989, but this latest example is particularly problematic because of the way it makes files inaccessible"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25506020
This will just die like all the other scams have in the past.