CryptoLocker ransomeware has infected 250,000 computers - Dell SecureWorks

Danny Palmer
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Malware requires users to pay $300 for unlock and at present has no other cure.

CryptoLocker Ransomware has already infected 200,000 to 250,000 computers in just the first one hundred days of its campaign. That's according to Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU), whic...

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