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Hackers Are Infecting Job Applications with Ransomware

January 12, 2017

Via: SHRM

HR departments are being targeted by a new ransomware attack that comes disguised as a job application.

The cybercriminals behind the attacks demand about $1,000 in digital currency called bitcoin to restore data on infected computers, according to a recent blog post by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

One bitcoin is worth roughly $894, according to Coindesk, a site that tracks news and information about digital currencies.

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