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Is Local Law Enforcement Safe From Hacking? Ransomware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sunday April 12 th , 2015  at  9:51 PM Wikipedia - Recent Changes [En] 1 Share Ransomware From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation ,  search Ransomware  is a type of  malware  which restricts access to the computer system that it infects, and demands a  ransom  paid to the creator(s) of the malware in order for the restriction to be removed. Some forms of ransomware  encrypt files  on the system's hard drive ( cryptoviral extortion,  a threat originally envisioned by Adam Young and  Moti Yung ), while some may simply lock the system and display messages  intended to coax the user into paying. While initially popular in  Russia , the use of ransomware scams has grown internationally; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]  in June 2013, security software vendor  McAfee  released data showing that it had collected over 250,000 unique samples of