Can we stay safe against the threat of ransomware?
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 06:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The possibility of losing all of your files and photos on your computer is a frightening prospect for most people. So much so, that large numbers of users are choosing to pay the criminals holding them to ransom rather than lose their data. In Australia alone, ransoms totalling AUD $1 million were reported to have been paid in 2014. A willingness to pay may be the reason behind Australia's rise to being the second most targetted country in the world for these types of attacks in the 1st quarter of 2015.