Tuesday, 27 January 2015

A Teenager Commits Suicide over Police Ransomware

A Teenager Commits Suicide over Police Ransomware


A British young boy committed suicide after falling victim to a ransomware scam – one of the common varieties notifying the user that they were visiting illegal websites and demanding ransom (in this case £100) for the police to drop the prosecution. The boy, Joseph Edwards, was a 17 year old A-grade student, but suffered from autism, which it is believed might have made him more susceptible to believing the scam he fell victim to was actually authentic.

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