Police Noord-Holland Noord warns, after a report of a victim to ransomware in the name of the police a fine because of illegal downloading claims. The fraudsters threaten to not pay files on the computer to erase.
Police Noord-Holland Noord to let you know that a man has been reported that the men claimed they have been victims of internet fraud. He would not more at his computer to work with because he time and time again the message was that he was a fine of one hundred euros had to pay. The penalty would have been imposed because he had engaged in criminal acts ‘, such as the downloading of music’. The notifications were accompanied by the logo of the police and an e-mail address of the police seems to be, but that is not. In march there was a similar ransomwareverspreiding, but then demanded the malware of money on because of the presence of child pornography on the system of the recipient.
The victim eventually decided to pay, and could be so again at his files. This was done through the British payment service Ukash, which in the Netherlands is among other things used by tobacco shops and gas stations. After the man had paid, he could say that again, working on his computer. The spread of the malware turns out not to be limited to the Netherlands. In February warned Ukash all for the ‘police-virusscam’, which in several countries took place. “The malware to encrypt data on the hard drive and the criminals then request a fee to pay with different payment methods, including Ukash vouchers, to the encryption to remove”, wrote Ukash, when.