Introduction

In february two thousand 17, a medical provider in the capital city of montevedeo got hacked. A hacker sent a ransom email to the medical provider showing they had confidential data and demanded they pay 15 big poins. After seven months, police were able to track down who was behind the extortion. They seized loads of equipment from an apartment in uraguay where alberto hill lived. He made a verbal confession saying he did send the extortion emails but went to prison for a long time.