Fake ransomware warnings have been plastered to hundreds of WordPress sites, warning that theyve been encrypted. The warnings have at least one ticking countdown clock tick-tick-ticking away, warning site owners that they’ve got seven days, 10 hours, 21 minutes and 9 seconds to fork over 0.1 Bitcoin about USD $6,000. But Sucuri security service provider says it’s all smoke and mirrors. The warning was a simple HTML page generated by a bogus WordPress plugin.”]
Source: https://threatpost.com/fake-ransomware-infection-wordpress/176410/