Bill Henry-
Brussel Sprout Connoisseur
My wife got an e-mail this morning …
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Hello, I know your password: [They displayed it correctly here]
Your computer was infected with my malware, RAT (Remote Administration Tool), your browser wasn't updated / patched, in such case it's enough to just visit some website where my iframe is placed to get automatically infected, if you want to find out more - Google: "Drive-by exploit".
My malware gave me full access and control over your computer, meaning, I got access to all your accounts (see password above) and I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won't even notice about it.
I collected all your private data and I RECORDED YOU (through your webcam) SATISFYING YOURSELF! [This part is ludicrous and makes me very suspicious]
After that I removed my malware to not leave any traces.
I can send this video to all your contacts (email, social network), on the whole web, I can publish absolutly everything I found on your computer!
Only you can prevent me from doing this and you know that's no joke - you got the proof above!
Transfer exactly 1400$ with the current bitcoin (BTC) price to my bitcoin address.
It's a very good offer, compared to all that horrible s**! that will happen if I publish everything!
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We haven’t click on anything on the e-mail. But, are we screwed, nonetheless?
I’ve spent all morning calling our banks, IRAs, 401(k)s, etc., putting holds on transactions.
Other than that, is there anything we can do? Is it too late to download ransomware protection software? If not, what should we use?
++++++++++++++++
Hello, I know your password: [They displayed it correctly here]
Your computer was infected with my malware, RAT (Remote Administration Tool), your browser wasn't updated / patched, in such case it's enough to just visit some website where my iframe is placed to get automatically infected, if you want to find out more - Google: "Drive-by exploit".
My malware gave me full access and control over your computer, meaning, I got access to all your accounts (see password above) and I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won't even notice about it.
I collected all your private data and I RECORDED YOU (through your webcam) SATISFYING YOURSELF! [This part is ludicrous and makes me very suspicious]
After that I removed my malware to not leave any traces.
I can send this video to all your contacts (email, social network), on the whole web, I can publish absolutly everything I found on your computer!
Only you can prevent me from doing this and you know that's no joke - you got the proof above!
Transfer exactly 1400$ with the current bitcoin (BTC) price to my bitcoin address.
It's a very good offer, compared to all that horrible s**! that will happen if I publish everything!
…
++++++++
We haven’t click on anything on the e-mail. But, are we screwed, nonetheless?
I’ve spent all morning calling our banks, IRAs, 401(k)s, etc., putting holds on transactions.
Other than that, is there anything we can do? Is it too late to download ransomware protection software? If not, what should we use?