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"The National Crime Agency in the UK has issued an alert warning citizens of a \u201Cmass spamming event\u201D for a piece of malware called CryptoLocker that encrypts your files and then demands a ransom to restore access.\r\n\r\nAccording to the agency, tens of millions of customers, especially small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, have been targeted by the malicious emails. The attack, which appears to have surfaced in late October, takes over a machine\u2019s files and then starts a countdown requiring victims to pay two Bitcoins to get their files back.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;The NCA are actively pursuing organised crime groups committing this type of crime. We are working in cooperation with industry and international partners to identify and bring to justice those responsible and reduce the risk to the public,\u201D Lee Miles, Deputy Head of the NCA\u2019s National Cyber Crime Unit said in the alert.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Mass ransomware spamming event targeting UK computer users (NCA)\r\n\r\nImage credit: Ken Hurst / Shutterstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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