The FBI says you may need to pay up if hackers infect your computer with ransomware

“To be honest, we often advise people just to pay the ransom.”
By Tess Danielson

If a hacker hijacks your computer with malware and holds your data for ransom, it’s probably best to just pay up, at least that’s the latest advice the FBI is giving out concerning ransomware.

Reported last week by Security Ledger, Joseph Bonavolonta, the Assistant Special Agent who oversees the FBI’s CYBER and Counterintelligence Program in Boston, spoke at the 2015 Cyber Security Summit and advised that companies infected with ransomware may want to give in to the criminal’s demands.
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Source: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com