Tuesday, December 11, 2012

HBR Daily Stat: Hackers Make a Killing by Locking PCs and Demanding Money

On a single day recently, a group of criminal hackers was successful in 93% of its attempts to infect personal computers, freezing 18,941 PCs and displaying messages demanding money, in most cases 100 euros, to unlock the machines, according to research reported in The New York Times. 15% of the victims paid, giving the criminals a one-day haul of more than $400,000. Even when payments are made, the hackers don't unlock the PCs.

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

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