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Meaning of ransomware by Pedro Crespo Refoyo





Pedro Crespo Refoyo

ransomware
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Loan vocabulary. Neologism, (anglicism). The English "ransom", rescue, and "ware", short for "software". A ransomware is a type of malicious software that restricts access to some infected files, and to free them, asks a ransom in return. It is of recent creation. From 2013 it comes increasing its use harmful and speculative.

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