[2016-10-15] Business centre 'held to ransom' for bitcoins

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An excellent example of

Poor reporting
Scaremongering
Ignorance

Locked screens displayed a sinister message demanding three 'bitcoins' in return for the safety of some files.
But the centre's CEO, Maragret McMahon, said they had a "lucky escape".
"We refused to pay the money, which we have been told would equal about £13,000 and reported the hack to the police," Ms McMahon said.
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37660657

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An excellent example of

Poor reporting
Scaremongering
Ignorance

Locked screens displayed a sinister message demanding three 'bitcoins' in return for the safety of some files.
But the centre's CEO, Maragret McMahon, said they had a "lucky escape".
"We refused to pay the money, which we have been told would equal about £13,000 and reported the hack to the police," Ms McMahon said.
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37660657

 I prefer to think of it as foreshadowing and very soon, three 'bitcoins' will fetch about £13,000<sup>1

1</sup> as long as it is not due to devaluation of the Pound Sterling