On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>  Is this just a UK thing so far?
>>
>
> Not at all. And it's been around for at least a couple of years, though
> there are variants that put up the same "ransom" demands and lock the user
> out of the computer for all intents and purposes without actually
> encrypting any files.
>

There's been increasing discussion about this recently:

https://isc.sans.edu/search.html?q=ransomware

-- 
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com


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