![]() ![]() The statistics from Australia's very own government cybercrime initiative are a lot lower. It said these attacks resulted in millions of dollars of ransom payments. According to another, there were more than one million instances of a single kind of ransomware (CryptoLocker) in Australia in October last year. Security software companies, who may have an interest in exaggerating the threat, say they have detected vast numbers of attacks.Īccording to one, there were more than 200,000 ransomware attacks in Australia in April-May alone this year. Matt may have been feeling very much alone, but in fact he was part of an emerging trend of ransomware attacks in Australia.Įxact statistics are difficult to come by, as many people who are attacked don't go to police or make their situation public. But then they replied with a screenshot of his Facebook friends, and personal details from his website. He told them to do their worst and release the footage. "There was an email saying they were going to release footage to all my Facebook friends and people I worked with if I don't pay them money." He had been filmed in a compromising situation. A 'ransomware' program had infected his computer allowing the hackers to film him through the webcam. "There I was in all my glory," he told triple j's Veronica & Lewis. One day in Melbourne, when the sun was out and the birds were singing, Matt opened an email and was greeted with a video of a man wanking. ![]()
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