A Michigan utility was hit with ransomware after an employee opened an email with a malicious attachment. The utility company shut down its accounting system, email service for 250 employees and phone lines The FBI published a new warning about the proliferation of increasingly sophisticated ransomware campaigns. Some cyber crooks are now demanding gift cards for ransom instead of bitcoin. Fortunately, victims can easily decrypt their files by clicking on the TrueCrypter pay button. The newly discovered Alpha ransomware demands $400 in iTunes gifts cards but there is already a decryptor available for victims.”]

