• Malware that encrypts files or the system and demands ransom to regain access
• Has an ultimatum of ransom increasing, data released or data deleted

Types of ransom

• Crypto-malware encrypts files
  • can also mean ransomware that demands cryptocurrency
• Locker-ransomeware can lock user out of device
• Scareware scares a user into paying
• Doxware, extortionware, or leakware threatens to release the stolen data

How to prevent

• Have backups

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