In the 1990s, when cybercafés were a booming business and most people were starting to have regular access to the internet, an email commonly found in most inboxes was from a Nigerian prince, claiming that in order to smuggle a large sum of money out of his country, he needed your help to transfer some money to another account. In return, you were promised a generous kickback.
In August, KrebsOnSecurity warned that scammers were contacting people and asking them to unleash ransomware inside their employer's network, in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company. This week, authorities in Nigeria arrested a…
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