Hackers were once after the financial data of the users to steal the money. With banks and other financial institutions also stressing on improving the data security, the hackers are after the private personal moments of users and later extort them for blackmailing.
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There are growing instances of hackers stealing the messages, pictures, even health information. They chose to unleash notorious apps to steal the data and later blackmail to release them in public if if they did not pay a certain amount.
There are such instances surfaced in US, Australia and New Zealand. This malware is called ransomware. The only solution is countering them is to keep your personal data away from online as much as possible.
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