Government website infected with bitcoin ransomware by 16-year-old teenager

Mar 2, 2017

A young hacker breached a Chinese government website in February 2017. Surprisingly, the hacker was detained two days later and found to be a teenager, less than 16 years old. He demanded "bitcoin" to pay for his hard work. Although the bitcoin transaction is difficult to track, local police ...

China Bitcoin ransomware report: 11.9% victim pay to recover their files

Dec 20, 2016

Qihu 360, the leading IT company in China, releases an annual report on the development of ransomware in China and predicts 10 times growth of potential victims or 50 million in 2017. 1. Individual and enterprise victims Wenting released a weibo one week ago, warning the Bitcoin ransomw...