I just got a ransomware email--what to do?

[Daniel Stasinski]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 6:04 AM Stephen Elliott <tnflyfisher at live.com>
wrote:

> I just received an email claiming a hack of my system and threat to send a
> porn vid to all my contacts if I don’t pay $800 in bitcoin. How can I know
> if this is a real threat and what can I do about it?


I get those weekly.  The password they use as "proof" is my database
password for a Simple Machines Forum installation that was hacked about 5
or 6 years ago.

*Daniel P. Stasinski*
daniel at GenericInbox.com
I 💛✞
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