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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by conductor on Thursday October 17, 2013 @05:11PM (#6568152)
This type of viruses are nothing new [0]. The only new thing in this case is that it demands BitCoins instead of an SMS to a premium number or something else.

[0] - https://www.securelist.com/en/descriptions/old313444

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by dmix on Thursday October 17, 2013 @06:56PM (#6568734)
aka "Ransomware" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware_(malware)

> The first known ransomware was the 1989 "PC Cyborg" trojan written by Joseph Popp

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Re:You’re infected—if you want to see your data again, pay u... by shiftpgdn on Thursday October 17, 2013 @10:06PM (#6569374)
What makes this special is the fact it uses real encryption instead of just a password protected zip file.
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