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Russian cops cuff 10 ransomware Trojan suspects
Cybercrime gang allegedly raked in $16m
by lilhurricane Wednesday 01-Sep-2010
By John Leyden

Russian police have arrested 10 suspected members of a ransomware gang who allegedly made millions via a locked computer malware scam.

PCs infected by the WinLock Trojan at the centre of the scam were rendered unusable because the malware disabled key Windows components. More embarrassingly pornographic images were displayed on compromised machines, IDG adds.

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