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Father and Son: How we solved the crime: Part 5: Ransomware

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KFC Chicken Nuggets

The company's files had been taken ransom with this computer virus malware the previous night. The threat is usually to either delete them or publish them online, and according to Mrs. Arnett, the threat here was to publish. It actually happens quite a lot. They're smart enough to ask for amounts of money that people might actually be able to scrape together. And these cyber criminals can be anyone. How many of these are fascinating area of police work? So, Jamie Phelps had called Juliet Arnett that morning after the hack, insisted she keep it a secret. He'd lost all of his savings. His brother wouldn't bail him out. The next person he speaks to, a celebrity chef

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