(Source: US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) Thursday, December 3, 2015 WASHINGTON – In response to the recent growth of cyber-attacks using a type of malicious computer virus known as “ransomware,” Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent letters to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson asking for more information about efforts to address the growing threat posed by this new tool used by online criminals. Ransomware attacks are targeted at a wide range of victims, including individual consumers. After infiltrating a person’s...
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