RANSOMWARE ATTACKS:

“We have your files”

ATTACK VECTOR: Internet hacking THE SCAM: Hacker takes control of your computer, then quarantines all your files so you can't access your own information THE GOAL: To get you to pay a “ransom” to release the files THE TELL: None. By the time it's happened, you're out of luck FEAR FACTOR: $$$$$– even if you pay, there's no guarantee they'll turn over your files