Messages with an official-looking police banner claim discovery of child pornography, other illicit material, and emails with terrorists. Bad guys are pushing pop-up warnings posing as federal law enforcement messages claiming to have discovered illicit and illegal material on victims’ computers. The malware locks down their machines and deletes data unless they pay a fine. Microsoft researchers say this latest batch includes different versions for each country it targets — English, Spanish, German, and Dutch — and poses as the German Federal Police, GEMA (Germany’s performance rights organization), Swiss “Federal Department of Justice and Police””]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/attackers-pose-as-police-in-new-ransomware-campaign