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Ransomware


A form of malicious software that encrypts the victim's data and then demands a ransom payment in return for the key needed to decrypt the data. Few, if any, ransomware attackers are known to have actually provided a decryption key to victims who paid the ransom.


KeywordsRansomeware   Doc ID96817
OwnerLinda W.GroupUW Parkside
Created2019-12-27 14:40 CDTUpdated2022-07-05 13:37 CDT
SitesUW Parkside
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