A man who found his computer infected with ransomware demanding payment of £13,000 or face jail decided to take his own life and that of his four-year-old son.
The report of the tragic incident comes from the small Romanian commune of Movila Miresii which is made up of three small villages and located in Brăila County in the east of the country.
Local paper Braila24 reports that Marcel Datcu, 36, hanged himself in the living room of his home along with his four-year-old son Nicusor.
The report claims a suicide note left to his wife explained that the reason for taking his own life was:
"I received a warning [on my computer] that said I have to pay 70.000 lei [£13,000] or go to prison for 11 years." Full story...
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The report of the tragic incident comes from the small Romanian commune of Movila Miresii which is made up of three small villages and located in Brăila County in the east of the country.
Local paper Braila24 reports that Marcel Datcu, 36, hanged himself in the living room of his home along with his four-year-old son Nicusor.
The report claims a suicide note left to his wife explained that the reason for taking his own life was:
"I received a warning [on my computer] that said I have to pay 70.000 lei [£13,000] or go to prison for 11 years." Full story...
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