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The Rise of Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware /ransem wer/ noun a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system, or data, until a sum of money is paid. Over this past summer two Florida cities have paid a combined total of over $1m to hackers that were holding their data hostage. Riviera Beach paid out over $600k