[2016-08-25] ccoicenter.org| Bitcoin is a legitimate technology that’s being

[eye4bd]

Bitcoin is a legitimate technology that’s being exploited by extortionists for ransomware

That’s the conclusion of a spot-on analysis by Danny Palmer in ZDNet this week...

http://coincenter.org/link/bitcoin-is-a-legitimate-technology-that-s-being-exploited-by-extortionists-for-ransomware

[richardsNY]

Of course criminals are using Bitcoin as a payment option with these kind of practises. The only way to stop this is to never pay anything. Just make sure you at all times have a back-up of your system and files. Then you can secure erase your HDD and put the back-up back on that drive, and you're done.