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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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