Ransomware is a familiar plague in the online world it has existed for more than 25 years and become increasingly common during the past decade. But, until recently, it has been aimed more at organizations or individual computers than devices. With the explosive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) experts say it is about to get much more common at the consumer level. The FBI has logged 992 complaints related to just one variant of ransomware, CryptoWall, between April 2014 and June 2015, with combined losses of $18 million.”]
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